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Poverty is what’s crippling public education in the US—not bad teachers
- 127001brewer 13y agoTL;DR: The reforms missed a critical factor driving achievement gaps: the influence of poverty on academic performance. ... An increase in the minimum wage would provide increased stability to millions of families, which would help children focus on their studies instead of where their next meal will come from. However, I think this ignores a more important influence: good parenting.