More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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My students are primarily black and brown teenagers who live in a high needs area outside of DC. Because funds are limited, they use our classroom library to escape the stress of lives in multiple generation households, non-English speaking parents, adult-type demands, and long distances to walk to school because they have to escort their younger siblings and therefore can't ride the bus. They see school as a safe haven and books as a magic carpet to worlds where they vicariously live out the imaginations they have been told they can't manifest. After seeing "Harry Potter," "Percy Jackson," and "Hunger Games" they understand how powerful books can be and now want to dive into titles where the characters are relatable in personality and appearance. They just need the actual books to be able to do so.
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My students are primarily black and brown teenagers who live in a high needs area outside of DC. Because funds are limited, they use our classroom library to escape the stress of lives in multiple generation households, non-English speaking parents, adult-type demands, and long distances to walk to school because they have to escort their younger siblings and therefore can't ride the bus. They see school as a safe haven and books as a magic carpet to worlds where they vicariously live out the imaginations they have been told they can't manifest. After seeing "Harry Potter," "Percy Jackson," and "Hunger Games" they understand how powerful books can be and now want to dive into titles where the characters are relatable in personality and appearance. They just need the actual books to be able to do so.