Berliner on Education, Inequality and Poverty

Just read this article by David Berliner via the Diane Ravitch Blog.  

Sorting out the effects of inequality and poverty, teachers and schooling, on America's youth by David C. Berliner, Arizona State University

Want to read more by David Berliner?  The National Education Policy Center has more papers and articles here.

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