Out of poverty, into the middle class
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 12, 2018
Lara’s classmate Amber Phoumyvong, 17, shares his desire to escape from Lowell, but not his academic drive — a principal challenge to an education system trying to support a revitalization for places like Lowell. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. Six months before she graduates, she is not about to hide her feelings: She hates school.
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