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Direct linkGehrke, Rebecca Swanson – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2005
Today, one out of four American children attends school in an urban district; one out of every six American children lives in poverty; and, in urban schools where most of the students are poor, two-thirds or more of the children fail to reach even the "basic" level of achievement on national tests. Urban schools are where most states…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Expectations of Students, Educational Change, Poverty
