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Rothstein elucidates the impact of socioeconomic factors on school performance. Emphasis is put on average performance, not individuals. Overall, average school performance will be lower for students from impoverished background. Understanding that relationship, he says, is not a matter of educators finding an excuse for poor teaching quality, but a crucial step toward improving the situation. Rothstein discusses practical truths such as how lack of health insurance/regular maintenance medical care can lead to more time out of school for illness and how families who move when they can't make rent have children who don't stay in one school long enough to learn effectively. Rpthstein touches on issues of why some educators or lawmakers want to take the "no excuses" route, and poses some potential integrated socioeconomic/educational solutions.

Rothstein, R. (2008). Whose problem is poverty? Educational leadership (Apr 2008 Vol. 65 No. 7). Retrieved from  ASCD 14 Apr 2008. Link: http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.c00a836e...

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