Saddening, While Inspiring!

I am reading for my TNTP certification homework, currently. I saw some tragic statistics regarding students that are both of color and low income; they usually get instructors who score poorly on certification exams or fail and have to retake them several times. There is an ever growing # of U.S. students living in poverty, as well—so this is not a "small" issue (as evidenced in this 2015 article). 
http://www.southerneducation.org/Our-Strategies/Research-and-Publications/New-Majority-Diverse-Majority-Report-Series/A-New-Majority-2015-Update-Low-Income-Students-Now
I intend to make as high of a score as I can on all three of my Praxis exams. It may sound cheesy, but I want to achieve highly FOR THEM (my new "scholars"<<what my new job calls our elementary students)... not FOR ME, a job, or money. 


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  1. UnknownFriday, February 20, 2015 at 7:05:00 AM CST

    you are a great teacher......sorry for sound silly, but in my opinion don't have money canot be related to how we learn, What we lack in these days is the absence of culture. I am sure you do more that the best you can, don't stop.

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