The May 2013 issue of ASCD's Educational Leadership magazine on the theme "Faces of Poverty" raises awareness about the effect of poverty on children today and what educators might do to help close the achievement gap. Contributors include Eric Jensen, Richard Rothstein, Robert J. Marzano, Thomas R. Hoerr, and Carol Ann Tomlinson. Go to www.ascd.org/digitalel, click on the Archives tab, and select May 2013 to view the full issue.
Download the May 2013 episode of the Whole Child Podcast on the topic "The New Poverty: Dealing with Economic Change" to hear responses from guests
- Deborah Wortham, superintendent of the School District of the City of York, Pa., and former assistant superintendent for high schools and director of professional development for Baltimore City (Md.) Public Schools;
- Felicia DeHaney, president and CEO of the National Black Child Development Institute;
- William Parrett, director of the Center for School Improvement and Policy Studies and professor of education at Boise State University; and
- Kathleen Budge, coordinator of the Leadership Development Program and associate professor in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies Department at Boise State University. Budge is coauthor of the 2012 ASCD book Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools.