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Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

Third Edition

Paul C. Gorski

Publication Date: February 27, 2026

Pages: 288

Series: Multicultural Education Series

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Description+

This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers, school administrators, and other educators need to combat bias and inequity that deny students experiencing poverty the levels of educational access and opportunity their wealthier peers often enjoy.

Written in an engaging, conversational style that makes complex concepts accessible and actionable, this book will help readers learn how to identify and eliminate even the subtlest inequities in their classrooms, schools, and districts. The Third Edition features extensive revisions based on the most recent research and lessons learned from the author’s professional development work. Enhancements include an extended summary of Gorski’s equity literacy framework; several new narrative case scenarios; a new section detailing how schools unintentionally “punish poverty”; a revised Poverty Awareness Quiz; and updated strategies throughout to assist today’s K–12 teachers, school administrators, counselors, and social workers.

Book Features:

  • Offers a research-informed alternative to popular books about poverty and education that focus on adjusting something about students experiencing poverty rather than making classrooms and schools more equitable.
  • Describes evidence-based strategies and practices that strengthen equitable education access for students experiencing poverty.
  • Incorporates narrative case scenarios that help readers practice recognizing subtle bias and inequity in common viewpoints and programs.
  • Embraces an intersectional view of poverty and class by addressing how it interacts with race, gender, sexual orientation, and other dimensions of identity and experience.

Author+

Paul Gorski is the founder of the Equity Literacy Institute and The Art of Reach. He is an author and educator who has worked with schools in 48 states and more than a dozen countries.

Reviews+

“This book is a thoughtful and empowering wellspring of practical and actionable guidance intertwined with up-to-date research and policy insights. It is a vital resource on serving students experiencing homelessness for all our schools, districts, and communities!"
--Alexandra E. Pavlakis, associate professor of education policy and leadership, Southern Methodist University

“Gorski provides the most lucid and constructive discussion of anyone writing about poverty in education today. After delving into impacts of institutionalized poverty on students and schools, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty gives teachers a wealth of meaningful and practical actions they can take.”
—Christine Sleeter, professor emerita, California State University Monterey Bay

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Books In This Series
Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty
Is Everyone Really Equal?
Is Everyone Really Equal?
Race, Curriculum, and the Politics of Educational Justice
Race, Curriculum, and the Politics of Educational Justice
Fostering School–Family Relationships in Multicultural Communities
Fostering School–Family Relationships in Multicultural Communities
Critical Theory, Methods, and Design in Educational Research
Critical Theory, Methods, and Design in Educational Research
Affirming Student Ethnic Identities
Affirming Student Ethnic Identities
Critical Ethnic Studies and the Global Pursuit of Justice
Critical Ethnic Studies and the Global Pursuit of Justice
Let's Talk About DEI
Let's Talk About DEI
Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matter
Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matter
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