It could simply be the challenge of concentrated poverty: high - poverty schools serve more students who have experienced trauma, and thus are more likely to get into trouble at school. (educationnext.org)
When schools have both high demand and high test score impacts with students living in poverty, government should not prevent these schools from serving more students! (relinquishment.org)
But because of our state's deeply flawed funding system, schools can't grow and serve more students who are demanding access to them. (necharters.org)