Poverty+-+The+Elephant+in+the+Room



//Two brief, powerful responses to recent newspaper articles that ignored the real educational issue: Poverty.// http://skrashen.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-real-problems-with-common-core.html http://skrashen.blogspot.com/2014/08/opposition-to-common-core.html
 * Stephen Krashen, "The Real Problems with the Common Core," and, "Oppostition to the Common Core," //SKrashen// blog, Aug. 2014.**

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 * Jeff Madrick, "Inequality begins at Birth," //New York Review of Books,// Jun. 2014.**

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 * Peter Dreier, "America's Classist Education System," Huffington Post, Jul. 2014.**

http://reclaimreform.com/2014/08/18/when-illusion-becomes-delusion-children-and-their-schools-fail-teachers-are-fired/
 * Ken Previti, "When Illusion Becomes Delusion, Children and their Schools Fail, Teachers are Fired..." //Reclaim Reform,// Aug. 2014.**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/24/the-problem-with-how-we-talk-about-poverty-and-kids/
 * Ellie Herman, "The Problem with How We Talk about Poverty and Kids," Valerie Strauss' //Answer Sheet// column in //The Washington Post,// Jul. 2014.**

http://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/the-real-american-education-crisis/
 * Steven Singer, "The Real American Education Crisis," //Gadfly on the Wall// blog, Aug. 2014.**



http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2014/07/poverty-and-moral-imperative-of.html?spref=fb
 * Peter Greene, "Poverty and the Moral Imperative of Education," //Curmudgucation// blog, Jul. 2014.**

http://inthesetimes.com/article/15849/teachers_were_never_the_problem/
 * David Sirota, "Teachers Were Never the Problem," //In These Times,// Nov. 2013.**

http://www.alternet.org/education/poverty-americas-1-education-problem?paging=off¤t_page=1#bookmark
 * David Sirota, "Poverty is America's #1 Education Problem," //Alternet,// Nov. 2013.**

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-education-and-poverty-america
 * "11 Facts about Poverty and Education in America," //Do Something website,// accessed Nov. 2013.**

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/07/335285098/rich-kid-poor-kid-for-30-years-baltimore-study-tracked-who-gets-ahead?utm_source=npr_email_a_friend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20140808&utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_term=
 * Juana Summers, "Rich Kid, Poor Kid: For 30 Years, Baltimore Study Tracked Who Gets Ahead," //NPR,// Aug. 2014.**

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/poverty-test-scores_n_4298345.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Education
 * "How Poverty Impacts Students' Tests Scores, In Four Graphs," //Huffington Post,// Nov. 2103.**

http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/nov/28/next-weeks-pisa-results-if-we-want-better-results-/?__federated=1
 * Dennis Van Roekel (NEA President), "Today's PISA results: If we want better results, we have to do better with poor children," Maureen Downey's Get Schooled' column in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 2013.**

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 * Richard Rothstein, "Does Poverty Cause Low Achievement?" //Working Economics: The Economic Policy Institute Blog,// Oct. 2013.**

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 * Teacherbiz blog, " For the millionth time: the conditions poverty creates affect academic achievement," Oct. 2013. **

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/poverty-may-tax-thinking-abilities
 * Bruce Bower, "Poverty May Tax Thinking Abilities," //Science News,// Oct. 2013.**



http://www.forumforeducation.org/blog/no-excuses
 * George Wood, "No Excuses", //The Forum for Education and Democracy//, Oct. 2013.**

//SUBTITLE: For too long, they've assumed that schools can be "fixed" without tackling social and economic inequality // http://www.salon.com/2013/08/03/liberals_reclaim_the_conversation_on_corporate_school_reform_partner/
 * Lois Weiner, "Will Liberals Stand Up to 'Corporate School Reform'?" //Salon// magazine, Aug. 2013.**

//SUBTITLE:// // Poor schools underperform largely because of economic forces, not because teachers have it too easy // http://www.salon.com/2013/06/03/instead_of_a_war_on_teachers_how_about_one_on_poverty/
 * David Sirota, " New data shows school 'reformers' are full of it," //Salon// magazine, June 2013. **

//SUBTITLE: In-school only reforms will never be the solution for children in high-poverty schools// http://www.alternet.org/education/learning-and-teaching-scarcity-how-high-stakes-accountability-cultivates-failure
 * Paul Thomas, "Learning and Teaching in Scarcity: How 'High-Stakes' Accountability Cultivates Failure," //Alternet,// Nov. 2013. **

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 * AFT, "What Does the PISA Report Tell Us About U.S. Education?" //YouTube,// Dec. 2013. **

http://dianeravitch.net/2013/12/05/daniel-wydo-disaggregates-pisa-scores-by-income/
 * Diane Ravitch, "Daniel Wydo Disaggregates PISA Scores by Income," //Diane Ravitch's blog,// Dec. 2013.**

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2014/07/a_question_for_bill_gates_how_.html
 * Anthony Cody, "A Question for Bill Gates: How Can We Motivate Students When Their Futures Are Bleak?" //Education Week//, Jul. 2014.**

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/07/08/why-dont-reformers-care-about-child-poverty/
 * Diane Ravitch, "Why Don't Reformers Care about Child Poverty," //Diane Ravitch's Blog,// Jul. 2014.**

http://educarenow.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/poverty-race-what-education-cant-do/
 * Bill Boyle, "Poverty & Race - What Education Can't Do," //EducareNow// blog, Jun. 2014.**

http://empathyeducates.org/this-week-in-poverty-time-to-take-on-concentrated-poverty-and-education/
 * Greg Kaufmann, "This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education," //EmpathyEducates// (reprinted from //The Nation//), Feb. 2013.**

Statistics about poverty levels in US public schools
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/study-almost-half-of-public-school-students-are-now-low-income/280664/
 * Jordan Weissman, "Study: Almost Half of Public School Students Are New Low-Income," //The Atlantic,// Oct. 2013.**

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/17/us/school-poverty-study-southern-education-foundation.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2
 * Motoko Rich, "Percentage of Poor Students in Public Schools Rises," //New York Times,// Jan. 2015.**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/study-poor-children-are-now-the-majority-in-american-public-schools-in-south-west/2013/10/16/34eb4984-35bb-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html?hpid=z5
 * Lyndsey Layton, "Study: Poor Children are now the majority in American public schools in South, West," //Washington Post//, Oct. 2013.**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/22/new-state-rankings-on-how-americas-children-are-faring/
 * Valerie Strauss, "New State Rankings on How America's Children are Faring," //Answer Sheet// in //Washington Post,// Jul. 2014.**