Regression analysis of 40 years of data on median income, education, divorce rate, and female-headed households was conducted to determine their influence on crime rates, especially homicide. Educational attainment had a significant bearing on criminality. Single parenting was less significant than low income. (SK)

Stresses the need to align policy with what is known about the importance of certain behaviors in reducing poverty and inequality, focusing on ideology versus reality; the importance of work; behavior as a matter of choice versus opportunity; the influence of marriage on poverty; and how public policy can prevent a widening of the country's…

Argues that Theatre for Development in Bangladesh practiced by Non-Governmental Organizations, which is almost entirely funded by international donor organizations, serves globalization in the name of poverty alleviation. Concludes by advocating for the necessity of exploring alternatives by which indigenous theatre performers may access directly…

Discusses three broad theoretical varieties of racial inequality (the deficiency theory, bias theory, and structural discrimination theory), suggesting that three basic strategies exist to remedy racial inequality: the civil rights strategy (prohibiting discrimination and enforcing laws), the poverty approach (helping the poor out of poverty), and…

Examines longevity in office of superintendents in 292 school districts, using 1975-99 data from random national sample and all school districts in North Carolina. Finds that superintendent tenure has not changed significantly since 1975-79, averaging 6-7 years over entire period. Longevity is significantly related to such factors as school board…

Discusses increasing racial and socioeconomic disparities in mortality despite general declines in mortality, examining disparities in infant mortality and explaining that whenever two groups differ in their susceptibility to some condition, the less prevalent the condition, the greater will be the disparity in rates of experiencing the condition.…

Suggests adding poetry instruction to the Children's Defense Fund, a fund created to ensure that poor children get the basic necessities of life--food, healthcare, and education. Talks about the influence that Langston Hughes, a poet who lived in Harlem, had on the first author. Encourages students to avoid living other people's answers and to…

Describes the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN), a satellite-driven global communication system developed by the World Bank to help developing countries fight poverty and share in a global exchange of information. Explains Distance Learning Centers that are used by private and public organizations and institutions for distance education…

Asserts that education is the best long-term answer to hunger and disease. Poor families, which have 2.2 times higher the high school dropout rate than do nonpoor families, are much more susceptible to disease, accidents, death, and hunger. The U.S. and Canada have the highest level of poor children among industrialized countries. (DG)

By examining the premises underlying conventional approaches to teaching disadvantaged students, educators can devise more challenging content and more effective instructional methods. Some important principles include maximizing time on task, establishing high expectations and a school climate supporting academic learning, and strengthening…

A generation after President Lyndon Johnson declared an official War on Poverty, nearly one-fifth of America's youngest citizens still grow up poor. The younger the child, the greater the chances of its being poor. Congress, the states, and local communities must rewrite the options of opportunity for these children. A resource list is provided.…

Shifts the focus of poverty theory from individual characteristics to a more structural, community level. Defines and tests a measurement model of a structural conceptualization of poverty by applying confirmatory factor analysis to data on 5 poverty indicators from 881 nonadjacent nonmetropolitan counties. Contains 69 references. (SV)

More than six million persons who spent at least half of 1987 in the labor force were poor; among families with workers, those headed by unmarried women with children have the highest poverty rates. (Author)

College students (N=220) completed questionnaires on their perceptions of attributions and consequences of poverty and wealth. Results indicated that students emphasized significance of the family and placed little weight on luck when dealing with poverty and wealth. Students emphasized economic consequences of poverty and wealth, and did not rate…

Traces one program's history in facilitating grassroots community development. Focuses specifically on group methods by which indigenous peoples can carry out their own developments to relieve the effects of poverty. Discusses effective social, economic, and cultural development. (Author/NB)