We’ve just taken a good first step with smart, low-income students
“But the big-picture barriers prohibiting talented but poor students like her from flourishing in school still exist, and the poverty her family battles didn’t go away when her classes changed. Honors classes brought with them books to acquire and read over the summer, field trip fees to pay, transportation to provide for before and after-school activities and personal electronic devices to use when completing projects and homework. These opportunities added expenses to an already tight family budget.”