Page 4 - Poverty Neighborhoods
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An Analogy
When we want to lower highway fatalities, we test the drivers, inspect the cars, and fix the roads.
When we want to improve educational outcomes, we test the students and hold the schools accountable, but we do little about neighborhood effects of poverty. The “roads” of a high-poverty neighborhood have missing bridges, unpaved stretches, few safety signs, and washed-out sections.
2 Addressing the Effects of High-Poverty Neighborhoods
