Achievement Quote by Harry Wong

Poverty affects people of all races.

— Bill Bennett

“The people who say poverty is no excuse for low performance are now using teacher accountability as an excuse for doing nothing about poverty.”

— David Berliner

Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools.

— Michelle Rhee

Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty.

— Tony Danza

The impact of poverty on our kids and their learning. That's something I've understood pretty intimately throughout my career as an educator.

— Jamaal Bowman

“Social scientists generally agree that students’ families (especially family income, which determines advantages and opportunity) have an even bigger impact on student performance than…

— Diane Ravitch

During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In…

— Sal Albanese

“Virtually all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor students is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I think for what success looks like for me, it is a world in which you can look at the achievement scores, the academic…

— Michelle Rhee

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research…

— Clint Smith

“When the norms associated with race take on a static and determining quality, they can be very difficult to undermine. Students who receive a…

— Pedro A. Noguera

“Unfortunately for Black teenagers, those cultural stereotypes do not usually include academic achievement.”

— Beverly Daniel Tatum