![]() “I had many difficulties in school,” Jesse’s mom told us for the same study. Jesse can’t count on his mom to help with his homework because she struggled in school herself. The names “Jesse” and “Gina” are pseudonyms to protect the children’s identities. We were curious about how teachers reward students who complete their homework and penalize and criticize those who don’t – and whether there was any link between those things and family income.īy analyzing student report cards and interviewing teachers, students and parents, we found that teachers gave good grades for homework effort and other rewards to students from middle-class families like Gina, who happen to have college-educated parents who take an active role in helping their children complete their homework.īut when it comes to students such as “Jesse,” who attends the same school as Gina and is the child of a poor, single mother of two, we found that teachers had a more bleak outlook. Indiana University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Vanderbilt University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. ![]() In the past, her work has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Mindset Scholars Network, and the American Educational Research Association. Ilana Horn currently receives funding from the National Science Foundation. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Contemporary Families. Team within the ICTSI NIH/NCRR Grant Number UL1TR001108. Department of Education, through Grant R305C050041-05 to the University of Pennsylvania and from the Networks, Complex Systems & Health Project Development Jessica Calarco has received funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Professor of Mathematics Education, Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indiana University ![]()
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