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"Under Medicaid expansion, it is fragrantly false that everyone gets a 'fair' shot or plays by the same set of rules. For Obamacare's designers have heavily tilted the playing field to get an outcome more to their likeing."

"This ecological, contextual view of schooling will cultivate the understanding that significantly more students can cross the PreK-12 finish line with the tools needed to race to the top of where they wish to go. Educators will learn that while factors such as poverty will not desist, both teachers and students can develop mindsets, skills and practices that will diminish its effects." This article talks about finding the right formula for closing the achievement gap in America's public school classrooms and those who get left behind. It brings forth many plans that increase funding for education, better assessments, growth models etc. It also talks about proposing an ecological model that views everyone within the system where a component of the model identifies multiples contextual factors and influences on a students achievement.

"For nearly 50 years, the federal government has tried- but largely failed- to find the right formula to close the achievement gap between the highest-performing students in America's public school classrooms and those who get left behind."