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  • Elsik Ninth Grade Center
  • Houston, TX
  • Nearly all 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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My 10th grade English 2 students are inner-city kids, many living in poverty. For some, English is their second language. The most heartbreaking thing about them is that as many as a third of them report that they hate to read. Another third report that they feel lukewarm about reading but it depends on what they are reading.

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My 10th grade English 2 students are inner-city kids, many living in poverty. For some, English is their second language. The most heartbreaking thing about them is that as many as a third of them report that they hate to read. Another third report that they feel lukewarm about reading but it depends on what they are reading.

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