Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 16, 2016: Educating the Poorest Children of All Brings Real Challenges

"Studies show children dealing with persistent poverty in their lives face even more school struggles. The economic disadvantages linked to lower school achievement are magnified. Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen noted her lowest-performing schools educate children from homes with intergenerational poverty where no one in the household has acquired the life skills necessary to do well in a knowledge-based economy. And that is a factor not only in how the school reaches the child, but the parents as well."