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Economically Mixed Neighborhoods could save America’s schools

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Some charters are trying to close achievement gaps by bringing together children of poor and affluent parents to share classrooms and neighborhoods.

See full story at: Rich kid, poor kid: How mixed neighborhoods could save America’s schools

Reprinted with the permission of The Hechinger Report

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