All students can learn. This should be a basic maxim for every teacher.
The last thing any good teacher does is write students off before giving them a fair opportunity to learn. All students, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion, deserve a quality education.
Obviously, students do not all come from the same place. Teachers know they need to ensure that students from disadvantaged backgrounds do not fall through the cracks. Among other things, this often means providing nutritious breakfasts and lunches to ensuring that academically weak students receive additional learning supports—the support they deserve to succeed….