He reminds us that «in the US, wealthy children attending public schools that serve the wealthy are competitive with any nation in the world... [but in]... schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, [that are not competitive with many nations in the world] we find the common
correlates of poverty: low
birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average
rates of
teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.»
Furthermore, in the schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, we find the common
correlates of poverty: low
birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average
rates of
teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.