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A week back, I came across this article through a facebook page. Education Isn't the Key to a Good I ncome The title itself caught my attention. I worked as a Teach for Nepal fellow for 2 years in a community school of Sindhupalchok, Nepal, where I taught Science from grade 6 to 10. However being a TFN fellow didn't mean just teaching subject, it was way more than that. But one of the main beliefs we had was that if the kids in rural part could get proper education, this would help them have a better life - by better I mean financially. As mentioned in the article, Deborah Menkart, the executive director of Teaching for Change, agrees that Rothstein’s research supports what teachers have long known from their own experience on the front lines. “I think it also affirms the focus,” she said, on having “children not just see schools as a ticket out of poverty, as a way to ‘rise above’ your community, but as a way to [be] agents for change within their communities.” “P...