So, yesterday, we discussed the fact that about ½ of all our students in public schools are from below the poverty line. Of course, once you recognize that basic economic fact, it’s not a big leap to comprehend why so many of our students are not meeting the educational standards we expect. After all, we’ve known for a very long time that students below the poverty line have more difficulties learning and are more likely to quit school before they graduate high school- in other words, the perfect prescription to perpetuate the poverty problem.