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poverty, families, and schools  

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  • Poverty affects children's educational success through family processes and neighborhood factors. Within the family, the type of talk children hear at home, their educationally relevant experiences, and the beliefs parents have about children's development as well as the nature of interactions predict educational achievement. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Poverty, Families, and Schools]

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