When teachers develop self-advocacy skills in students, those students grow up to become advocates for others.

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In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children, like Georgia or Oklahoma, studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, and form more stable families of their own.

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The most persistent differences among students can be explained by the types of households they grow up in.

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