Wealth and Poverty

The School of Hard Knocks

Poverty is corrosive to school kids. Many of them suffer in silence while their families either spiral into homelessness or frantically struggle to maintain the façade that all is well.

Poverty is corrosive to school kids. Many of them suffer in silence while their families either spiral into homelessness or frantically struggle to maintain the façade that all is well.

How School Taught Me I Was Poor

"You're poor, white trash," Danny hissed as he sashayed by me on the dusty, pebble-filled playground at first recess.

Teaching in the Downturn

Few of today's teachers can remember an economic situation quite like the one we now face.

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