From the Washington Post. Democratic
candidates, like Wendy Davis, can bring income inequality to the people
in a sound example of how children are experiencing a new form of
segregation.
This actually can work to the benefit those children. If a school has predominantly poor children, special attention can be paid to their needs. Not just food and a good school nurse, but, special learning environments that improve self-esteem and prepare them for higher education and/or a trade. Parents can be brought into the picture to help create a home environment encouraging homework, good behavior and safe living conditions. So often these families believe they have to settle for crumbs.
I can't think of a better issue to illustrate clearly the adverse outcomes of the income inequality gap.
Poverty increasing in public schools (click here)
Low-income students made up at least half the public school student population in 17 states in 2011, a marked increase from 2000, when four states topped 50 percent.
Lindsay Layton
October 19, 2013
A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades, according to a new study that details a demographic shift with broad implications for the country.
The analysis by the Southern Education Foundation, the nation’s oldest education philanthropy, is based on the number of students from preschool through 12th grade who were eligible for the federal free and reduced-price meals program in the 2010-11 school year....
This actually can work to the benefit those children. If a school has predominantly poor children, special attention can be paid to their needs. Not just food and a good school nurse, but, special learning environments that improve self-esteem and prepare them for higher education and/or a trade. Parents can be brought into the picture to help create a home environment encouraging homework, good behavior and safe living conditions. So often these families believe they have to settle for crumbs.
I can't think of a better issue to illustrate clearly the adverse outcomes of the income inequality gap.
Low-income students made up at least half the public school student population in 17 states in 2011, a marked increase from 2000, when four states topped 50 percent.
Lindsay Layton
October 19, 2013
A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades, according to a new study that details a demographic shift with broad implications for the country.
The analysis by the Southern Education Foundation, the nation’s oldest education philanthropy, is based on the number of students from preschool through 12th grade who were eligible for the federal free and reduced-price meals program in the 2010-11 school year....
