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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't think that housed, fed, non-poor kids would do better in school -- however you measure it, including test scores -- than kids in families housing insecurity or homelessness, food insecurity, and a chronic lack of money for needed things?

You don't think that people would be better parents if they didn't have to deal with housing insecurity or homeless, food insecurity, and a chronic lack of money for needed things?[/quote]

The research isn't clear. There's an old study in MoCo that placed families entering the homeless systems into housing in two areas: a good area, and a not so good area. The families that were housed in the better area fared better overall (shocking, right?). But don't forget: the other families were housed, provided income support, job training, etc. too...but their kids didn't actually do better. Why? Bad neighborhood. Which translates into expectations and cultural norms. So, how do you fix the Baltimore situation...when the problems are endemic to most of the city and generations old? It's not as simple as providing housing vouchers and food stamps...which many of the students already have. [/quote]

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