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 kids come largely from backgrounds that do not enable them to purchase their own school supplies, especially books--which can get expensive, and in a small community, there sometimes literally aren't enough books available for the 140 kids who all need them at the same time.
This class is often the first AP class students have taken, which becomes even more challenging because they already come from a disadvantaged background in regards to learning, reading, and writing--all crucial skills to be successful in AP English. The majority of them have never been asked to read anything as challenging as Capote and Orwell--which is exactly what I need to introduce them to these authors and others. Working with Capote's "In Cold Blood" and Orwell's "1984" offer students with text-poor backgrounds a chance to explore the intricacies of language and learn how to incorporate that sophistication into their own writing.
Yet I have found through my experiences with them that if someone shows them--proves to them, not just tells them in platitudes and demands to perform well on tests--that they are believed in, they will jump at the chance to tackle challenges they have never been given before.
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My kids come largely from backgrounds that do not enable them to purchase their own school supplies, especially books--which can get expensive, and in a small community, there sometimes literally aren't enough books available for the 140 kids who all need them at the same time.
This class is often the first AP class students have taken, which becomes even more challenging because they already come from a disadvantaged background in regards to learning, reading, and writing--all crucial skills to be successful in AP English. The majority of them have never been asked to read anything as challenging as Capote and Orwell--which is exactly what I need to introduce them to these authors and others. Working with Capote's "In Cold Blood" and Orwell's "1984" offer students with text-poor backgrounds a chance to explore the intricacies of language and learn how to incorporate that sophistication into their own writing.
Yet I have found through my experiences with them that if someone shows them--proves to them, not just tells them in platitudes and demands to perform well on tests--that they are believed in, they will jump at the chance to tackle challenges they have never been given before.