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  • J Sterling Morton West High School
  • Berwyn, IL
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I teach 9th grade English at a school with a high poverty rate. I have found that many of my students have not grown up in a house of "readers" and have yet to discover the joy of reading for pleasure. This lack of reading has affected their academics. They struggle with tests and comprehensions; this affects their self-esteem as well. They do not think college is possible because they have had so few successes in education so far.

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I teach 9th grade English at a school with a high poverty rate. I have found that many of my students have not grown up in a house of "readers" and have yet to discover the joy of reading for pleasure. This lack of reading has affected their academics. They struggle with tests and comprehensions; this affects their self-esteem as well. They do not think college is possible because they have had so few successes in education so far.

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