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Why have smart, low-income NC students been excluded from advanced classes?

About this time every year, roughly 5,000 North Carolina 8-year-olds show they’re ready to shine. Despite the obstacles of poverty that hobble so many of their classmates, these third-graders from low-income homes take their first state exams and score at the top level in math.

With a proper push at school, these children could become scientists, engineers and innovators. They offer hope for lifting families out of poverty and making the state more competitive in a high-tech world.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article150488822.html#storylink=cpy

 

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