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Cowhey, Mary – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
In K-12 education, there is a saying. How can teachers close the "achievement gap"? In other words, if the students' parents speak little or no English, often lack formal education, and are strained by poor health, violence, inadequate housing and transportation, and the stresses of living in poverty, how can teachers be expected to bring those…
Descriptors: Low Income, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Parents as Teachers