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PDF pending restorationSummers, Gene F., Ed. – 1997
In this report, the Rural Sociological Society Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty presents 11 Pathways from Poverty (PfP) state-team efforts and accomplishments. Education and training are themes that appear here and there throughout the strategies described. Many PfP state teams have formed alliances with state rural development councils that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textCenter for the Public Policy Priorities, Austin, TX. – 1995
The final report of the Texas Childhood Hunger Identification Project (Texas CHIP), this document describes the most comprehensive study of childhood hunger undertaken in Texas. Through enumeration and interviewing methods, low-income families from 27 counties in Texas were analyzed in the areas of income allocation, food frequency, homelessness,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children, Disadvantaged Environment
Chambers, Jay; And Others – 1993
Current school funding systems established by many states are resulting in widespread disparities in expenditures across districts, and current comparability measures providing adequate guarantees for equity among schools are being questioned. This study, involving 95 elementary schools and 25 high schools in 30 school districts across 5 states,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
1979
One component of the Appalachian Regional Commission's regional plan process is the annual review and approval of individual state development policies. The state summaries of proposed programs for fiscal year 1979 (for Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Services, Development, Economic Development
Peer reviewedCrump, Jeff R. – Journal of Geography, 1997
Describes a college-level class that studies the geography of poverty in Illinois and uses these findings as a basis for classroom discussions and exercises concerning poverty. Empirical evidence suggest that poverty levels are higher in rural areas rather than in urban areas. Discusses possible reasons and implications. (MJP)
Descriptors: Alienation, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Trends
PDF pending restorationNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education Services. – 1990
This volume provides a one-page abstract for each of the vocational exemplary and innovative projects in the state of North Carolina that were funded in 1987-88 and 1988-89 as authorized by the 1984 Carl D. Perkins Act. Each abstract provides the following information: title of project; local education authority; project coordinator; address;…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Business Education
