What can be done to reduce the impact of poverty in schools?

a. Encourage low income women to stay at home with their children while receiving public assistance instead of pursuing their own education.
b. Furnish tax incentives for worksites to provide child care centers for low income workers
c. Fund schools based on the tax base of the immediate neighborhood
d. Do not expect the same high academic achievement from low-income students so they will experience achievement at school


B Correct Answer: Furnish tax incentives for worksites to provide child care centers for low income workers
Feedback for Correct Answer: To increase academic success of low income children tax incentives should be offered for corporations to create day care centers at the worksite if they allow low-income families in the area to place children in the centers.
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