By Will Huntsberry, Voice of San Diego, March 2, 2020
In San Diego, as with the rest of the country, poverty tracks closely with test scores.
The social science is clear: Poorer children are not less bright. They lack the same opportunities as their more affluent peers to gain cognitive skills from the moment they are born. The most pressing question in education has always been whether schools can supercharge the learning process enough to compensate for these class inequities.
At Edison Elementary in City Heights, unlike so many other schools across the city, the answer is yes.
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