Local schools, cities, universities, states, and all the components of our public square need to be involved in addressing the issue of poverty and children poverty. Often the overwhelming burden of dealing with the fallout of poverty is left to schools and educators. What we need to do is address this issue from a total community perspective and work together to reduce poverty. K-12 educators and all levels of educators should spend their time teaching and leading and not be the major actor in the public square left to deal with the fallout of poverty. A partnership is a better route. It has been proven so in many communities in our nation and certainly other nations around the globe. Good read.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-can-schools-do-to-address-poverty-william-parrett-kathleen-budge