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Download full textCurrent Population Reports, 1987
This report presents statistics on social and economic characteristics of the population below the poverty level in 1985 based on the March 1986 Current Population Survey (CPS). The data in the report consist of cross classifications of poverty status by such characteristics as age, race, sex, family relationship, educational attainment, work…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Brown, Rebecca – Issue Notes, 2000
This issue of WIN (Welfare Information Network) Issue Notes focuses on helping low-income mothers with criminal records achieve self-sufficiency. Section 1 offers background. Section 2 answers these policy questions: why states might want to focus on serving low-income mothers with criminal records; how states can encourage employers to hire…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Custody, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Bates, Percy; And Others – Equity Coalition for Race, Gender, and National Origin, 1991
Equity does not require that everyone have the same amount of resources to satisfy basic needs, but it does require that each of us be able to live decently. The articles in this issue focus on poverty and its effects on children, particularly with respect to education and the ability to learn. The following articles are included: (1) "Poor Kids…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Kennedy, Edward M. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
A new bill has been introduced in Congress by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Representative Dale Kildee (D-MI) that would make full-day early childhood education widely available to preschool students. The bill, labeled "Smart Start" (S. 2270) is intended to help economically disadvantaged preschool students, whose numbers have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Cimusz, Linda; And Others – Update on Gifted Education, 1994
The future of gifted education is discussed in this symposium report, which contains the edited presentations of six national consultants and the ensuing discussion among the panelists. The consultants addressed the significance of a report of the U.S. Department of Education entitled "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cognitive Ability, Core Curriculum, Cultural Differences
Current Population Reports, 1988
This report presents social and economic characteristics of the population below the poverty level in 1986 based on the March 1987 Current Population Survey. Among the highlights are the following: (1) the number of persons below the poverty level was 32.4 million; (2) the poverty rate was 13.6 percent; (3) Whites represented 69 percent of the…
Descriptors: Age, Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment
Hixson, Bruce, Ed. – General College Newsletter, 1982
Programs and projects receiving outside financial support at the General College, University of Minnesota, are described in several articles. In "Balancing Career Preparations and Liberal Learning: A Project Funded by the Northwest Area Foundation," Roger Larson describes the extension of General College courses and programs into the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Asian Americans
