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  • Lincoln Street School
  • Worcester, MA
  • 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 at an inner city school. Our total population is almost 600 and still growing. We are considered to be an under performing school when it comes to high stakes testing, yet I ask myself the same question every year - How can these kids be expected to do well on a test when the majority of the children come to school hungry, tired, or stressed out due to family issues. And we expect them to have prior knowledge about current events and relate their experiences to what they read. My students are like sponges, they absorb every new piece of information I can feed them, and I try to make their learning relevant. I go out of my way to enhance their learning, and any time I can provide a prop or a picture to help them understand a subject, i jump at the opportunity. I know they would love a "real life" magazine that they could relate a little bit of themselves to, and hopefully carry that information on as they proceed into the upper grades.

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I teach at an inner city school. Our total population is almost 600 and still growing. We are considered to be an under performing school when it comes to high stakes testing, yet I ask myself the same question every year - How can these kids be expected to do well on a test when the majority of the children come to school hungry, tired, or stressed out due to family issues. And we expect them to have prior knowledge about current events and relate their experiences to what they read. My students are like sponges, they absorb every new piece of information I can feed them, and I try to make their learning relevant. I go out of my way to enhance their learning, and any time I can provide a prop or a picture to help them understand a subject, i jump at the opportunity. I know they would love a "real life" magazine that they could relate a little bit of themselves to, and hopefully carry that information on as they proceed into the upper grades.

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