Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty Quotes

“Growing up in poverty, I learned some hard lessons about life. These lessons were taught to me not by my family but rather by system “helpers.” I learned that being poor offended people. I learned people had rage and anger toward me and others like me. I learned that people thought being poor equated to lacking intelligence, creativity, motivation and desire. I learned that people felt sorry for me. In the process, I also learned to be weary (and wary) of helpers. (p. 46)”
― Paul C. Gorski, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

“what we believe about low-income students—how we relate to them—is just as important as how we teach them; in fact, it plays a considerable role in determining how we teach them (Robinson, 2007). The”
― Paul C. Gorski, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

“We cannot understand the relationship between poverty and education without understanding the biases and inequities experienced by people in poverty.”
― Paul C. Gorski, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

“No student should be denied the educational opportunities offered her peers because of where she was born or the economic condition of her family or, for that matter, her family’s home language or racial identity or any other condition beyond her control.”
― Paul C. Gorski, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap