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  • Hogan Preparatory Academy
  • Kansas City, MO
  • 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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Every year, for the past five years, 120 inner-city kids head out to two Missouri rivers to check their water quality (suburban families - please don't wash your cars in your driveways and urban families - pick up after your dogs!). We collect, count and report on the types of invertebrates found. We test for five different pollutants. We bring samples of water back and figure out how to clean it and then submit our findings to a state environmental agency. It's a great project! My students are typical kids out at the river, teaching each other to skip rocks, enjoying the hunt for crawdads, and always a few getting a little too wet. Some, however, don't go with us or won't venture near the water. Their excuse? Their shoes! Our student population is poor. If they wear old or dirty shoes, they are ridiculed by classmates.

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Every year, for the past five years, 120 inner-city kids head out to two Missouri rivers to check their water quality (suburban families - please don't wash your cars in your driveways and urban families - pick up after your dogs!). We collect, count and report on the types of invertebrates found. We test for five different pollutants. We bring samples of water back and figure out how to clean it and then submit our findings to a state environmental agency. It's a great project! My students are typical kids out at the river, teaching each other to skip rocks, enjoying the hunt for crawdads, and always a few getting a little too wet. Some, however, don't go with us or won't venture near the water. Their excuse? Their shoes! Our student population is poor. If they wear old or dirty shoes, they are ridiculed by classmates.

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