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I would be a bit slow to just point to poverty as the only cause. There is no debate on whether poverty stunts education.
Consider all the other countries with more acute levels where the children, when provided with opportunities, grab for them.
One such would be the increasing percentage of money allocation to functions that are not core to teaching, such as administration, etc...
Another would be the attempt to force uniformity in curriculum down the throats to a deeply suspicious audience...
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I would be a bit slow to just point to poverty as the only cause. There is no debate on whether poverty stunts education.
Consider all the other countries with more acute levels where the children, when provided with opportunities, grab for them.
One such would be the increasing percentage of money allocation to functions that are not core to teaching, such as administration, etc...
Another would be the attempt to force uniformity in curriculum down the throats to a deeply suspicious audience...