Education Reform for Children Living in Poverty

I wonder when education policy makers will address the effects of poverty on student outcomes? 

I found this compelling and frightening article in Valerie Strauss's column, the Answer Sheet.

Posted at 01:50 PM ET, 07/17/2012

The hard bigotry of poverty: Why ignoring it will doom school reform

by Brock Cohen, a teacher and student advocate in the Los Angeles Unified School District who contends that we can no longer afford to trivialize the critical role that poverty plays in a child’s learning experiences – and that true school reform begins with social justice