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Books, Sue – Educational Foundations, 2000
Describes and critiques the dominant understanding of poverty in the United States as reflected in its most common measure, the federal poverty line, commenting on the politics of poverty measurement and considering the implications of a revised measure of poverty for thinking about poor children and their education in this nation's schools. (SM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs