The Laura Flanders Show

Beating Poverty by Investing in Teachers: A Labor Story

Can education be the driver of local economic and social development in one of the poorest places in the US? What if the best anti-poverty program is investing in teachers and children? Take a look at Reconnecting McDowell and speak to some of the beneficiaries. Could this partnership between local drive and national commitment provide a model for the future?

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