Their dogmatic belief that poverty is the root cause of educational underachievement is a cop - out in an age in which there are great examples of schools, traditional, charter and private, who are helping kids reach brighter futures. (dropoutnation.net)
Over the short and medium term, problematic peer relations are associated with educational underachievement and low academic performance. (child-encyclopedia.com)
It is equally critical that this in turn leads to better targeted allocation of resources, and better spending decisions to ensure these resources are deployed in ways that tackle the underlying causes of educational underachievement — particularly over the coming years as a new national funding formula is implemented. (thenferblog.org)