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Starry Messenger

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6. Well, I'm a Marxist, so I know poverty has a cause.

Reply to Igel (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 09:44 PM

Nov 2013

There is a reason people are poor, and it can be remedied. The fact that higher SES students do better on the tests means that poverty remediation aka jobs programs and expanding the social safety net are worthwhile objectives to improve learning outcomes.

I'm into remedying the causes and preventing the effects.

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How Poverty Impacts Students' Test Scores, In 4 Graphs [View all] Starry Messenger Nov 2013 OP

This is a thread I hate to rec Tansy_Gold Nov 2013 #1

Yeah, I hear you. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #2

And the sad thing is Tansy_Gold Nov 2013 #3

Never be sorry! Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #4

It ignores confounders. Igel Nov 2013 #5

Well, I'm a Marxist, so I know poverty has a cause. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #6

K&R'd & bookmarked. snot Nov 2013 #7

These Graphs are very telling of the outrage warrant46 Dec 2013 #8