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In a lunchtime address to attendees at NYSUT's "Every Child Counts: A Symposium Dedicated to Ending the Gap," Pedro Noguera, a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, said educators and policymakers needed to better appreciate how issues such as poverty, health care, social pressures and flaws in the education system are contributing to the achievement gap.
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