Why great teachers matter to low-income students

By Joel I. Klein, Michael Lomax and Janet Murguía

In the debate over how to fix American public education, many believe that schools alone cannot overcome the impact that economic disadvantage has on a child, that life outcomes are fixed by poverty and family circumstances, and that education doesn't work until other problems are solved.

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