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Modest social and economic reforms can greatly improve student achievement.

What can we do about providing low-income students with the strongest teachers?

Research suggests how to reduce summer skill setback.

This school system presents its program for recruiting and retaining teachers at challenging schools.

Believing that poor people are different from those with higher incomes is dangerous and wrong.

Full-service schools combat the effects of poverty.

A New York school formed partnerships to establish health care services, family counseling, parent outreach, and more.

How to teach the hidden rules of school.

Strategies for helping students become aware of how different language patterns are used in different settings.

Programs and policies that reduce the harmful effects of student mobility on reading skills.

From the achievement gap to lack of parental involvement—school districts show how they tackle the big challenges.

In rural South Africa, principals work with students who lack food and must travel for hours to get to school.

Why teachers must be in touch with the realities that students face.

It can all start with $25.

ASCD celebrates its 65th anniversary.