David Berliner on Inequality, Poverty and the Widening Education Gap http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/10/david-berliner-on-inequality-poverty.html (Links to an external site.) Written Assignment: from the reading,  list 5 societal issues that you think impact student academic success and then (put on your rose colored glasses) list, for each issue, at  least two ideas/strategies or policies that might help minimize the problem and increase student success. These ideas could be at the teacher level, the school or district level or State Initiatives. Review Utah Effective Teaching Standards to identify which, if any, would be associated with this topic