Tag: disadvantaged students

  • Nation & World

    Rethinking inclusion

    An interview with Anthony Jack, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, on his new book “The Privileged Poor,” about the struggles of disadvantaged students at elite schools.

    8 minutes
    Anthony Jack portrait
  • Nation & World

    Student achievement gap same after nearly 50 years, study says

    Disadvantaged students today are doing no better compared to their advantaged peers than they were in 1954, despite countless programs to bridge this gap. The blame, say researchers, lies in a decline in teacher quality.

    3 minutes
    A person in silhouette between library book shelves