48. Tackling poverty and disadvantage in schools - Sean Harris

About this episode

A discussion on addressing poverty in schools with journalist Sean Harris, focusing on practical classroom changes and broader policy reforms.

How to address poverty in schools? Check out this conversation with journalist and author Sean Harris on small but powerful tweaks to classroom practices as well as big and bold policy change beyond school grounds. More information about this episode and all other episodes on https://poverty-unpacked.org

People in this episode

Host: Poverty Unpacked

Guest: Sean Harris

Topics covered

• poverty
• education
• policy change
• classroom practices
• disadvantage
• journalism

Keywords

• poverty
• schools
• education
• classroom practices
• policy change
• disadvantage
• journalism

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Organizations: Poverty Unpacked

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