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clncy | 4 years ago

It sounds like a plausible mechanism by which students in poverty experience poorer academic results though, even if it's not the only mechanism.

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teaman2000|4 years ago

I guess the question to ask is: if you gave the kids a desk and a room of their own by itself, would academic performance improve? Or would academic performance improve more if you raised the parents out of poverty?

dTal|4 years ago

One plausible mechanism out of thousands. The trouble is that it was a plausible mechanism before the study too. What have we gained?