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Wealth and Poverty

The School of Hard Knocks [1]

Submitted by Sean Price [2] on February 3, 2010

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.

Teaching in the Downturn [5]

Number 35: Spring 2009 [6]

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

How School Taught Me I Was Poor [8]

Number 35: Spring 2009 [6]

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

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[1] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/school-hard-knocks
[2] http://www.tolerance.org/author/sean-price
[3] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/wealth-and-poverty
[4] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/18724#comment-form
[5] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009/feature/teaching-downturn
[6] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009
[7] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11675#comment-form
[8] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-35-spring-2009/feature/how-school-taught-me-i-was-poor
[9] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11671#comment-form
[10] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/wealth-and-poverty?page=3
[11] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/wealth-and-poverty?page=1
[12] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/wealth-and-poverty?page=2