After working in a low income areas for years I think this is so relevant to Teachers who sometimes forget about the whole child
How does poverty affect education? For the past 10 years I have worked in low income schools that receive title I funds because of the socioeconomic demographics of the school. And I started to realize and notice some misconceptions out there by others and sometimes even teachers that affect how we educate our students. My blog is based on my experience with teaching students in low socioeconomic areas and it is always a struggle. Oftentimes, they come to me below grade level and they are not where they need to be, and it is not small gaps that I have to bridge there are enormous gap that I have to bridge. I mean 2 to 3 year gaps. Once we had a discussion in a staff meeting on how can we bridge these gaps and found out there was so many myths and misconceptions out there about what was affecting…
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Upper Elementary Antics 