While most American children are not poor, the proportion of children living in poverty has remained at or near 20 percent since the early 1980s. Childhood poverty can have short- and long-term negative consequences for children. Growing up at or near the poverty line can affect the quality of a family's housing, children's access to nutritious…

This paper addresses the potential impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) on the incidence of child maltreatment. Potential risks include maltreatment related to poverty, loss of benefits because of sanctions or time limits, and problems finding child care. While the total number of substantiated cases of maltreatment decreased…

This collection of papers presents the proceedings of a June 2000 conference that examined the concept of social justice and determined what elements of social justice could help set an agenda for the child welfare system in the new century. The conference proceedings include: "Introduction: Historical Highlights" (Esther Wattenberg);…

Noting that the child support collection system is an important source of economic support for many Minnesota children and that child support contributes significantly to children's well-being beyond providing financial benefits, this special Kids Count report examines the child support system in Minnesota. The report provides information about…

In 1996, the Council of Bishops called upon the United Methodist Church to reshape its mission in response to the crisis among children and the impoverished within the primary goal of evangelization. As one response to the Bishops' Initiative on Children and Poverty, congregations may undertake specific actions to make their churches more…

Embedded multimedia refers to teaching methods that embed video or DVD content within teachers' lessons. The research of Mayer (2001) and others has suggested that multimedia instruction can enhance learning by using the capacity of both visual and verbal memory systems. The present study evaluated embedded multimedia in a year-long randomized…

The purpose of this brief is to describe the characteristics of undergraduate students receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Social Security Administration (SSI) benefits as they relate to issues of participation in postsecondary education and employment. This brief describes results from the National Postsecondary Student Aid…

In September 2003, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) contracted with ALTA Systems to conduct a project with the goal of providing a comprehensive overview of the relationship between poverty, program participation and obesity by conducting an in depth literature review; and convening an expert panel. The…

The national nutrition safety net consists of 15 programs that provide millions of low-income Americans access to a healthy and nutritious diet. It has been observed that many low income individuals are both overweight and participants in one or more nutrition assistance programs. This has led some to question whether participation in the…

This report provides a portrait of women in the United States and highlights comparisons with men at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data contained in this report are based on the samples of households…

Analyzes the viewpoints of conservatives and liberals toward poor students through a survey of student teachers, placing special emphasis on the poverty information levels of the respondents in the study, and concluding that it is quite plausible that ideology filters information. (Author/JM)

Comparison, over four years, of academic performance (reading, algebra, and weighted GPAs) of two groups of students regularly admitted, via an admissions test, and one group specially admitted, via a summer program, to a specialized high school in New York City showed significant differences at the .05 level. (Author/JA)

Investigation was undertaken to add to, strengthen, and clarify already existing research relating relevant sociological background factors to the discrepant school achievement of white and black, economically deprived, rural, first grade children. (Author)

The experience of the early 1970's, with a fairly constant number of poor, offers little hope that U.S. poverty will be soon eliminated. (DM)

The plight of the Appalachian migrants trying to live and work in a city like Columbus, Ohio is depicted in the Ohio State University drama, Low on High.'' (FF)