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Jiang, Yang; Granja, Maribel R.; Koball, Heather – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2017
Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 43 percent live in low-income families and 21 percent--approximately one in five--lives in a poor family. This means that children are overrepresented among our nation's poor; they represent 23 percent of the population but comprise 33 percent of all people in poverty. Many more children live in…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Family Income, Poverty, Demography
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Grehan, Anna; Cavalluzzo, Linda; Gnuschke, John; Hanson, Ryan; Oliver, Simon; Vosters, Kelly – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2011
This study examines the first four years of Tennessee's Voluntary Prekindergarten program, directed to four-year-olds eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It reviews participation levels and trends for the program as a whole, for collaborative partner classrooms, and for student and district subgroups and discusses the geographic distribution…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Preschool Education, Geographic Distribution, Maps