Twelve investigators who had independently conducted experimental preschool studies pooled their research efforts and discovered that investment in preschool reduced the need for high-cost special education services and increased projected lifetime earnings for the children. (Author/MLF)

A study of defendents in Houston, Texas, indicated that some low-income defendents were boycotting court-appointed counsel. The type of attorney did not seem to be significant. Advocacy-oriented counsel was recommended as a means of improving justice. (Author/BEF)

Contends that aging interest groups should give consideration to broadening the politics of aging by emphasizing justice between rich and poor and advocacy for all age groups. Claims such a politics would provide continued support for universal programs and be based on the principle that those most able to contribute to societal progress bear the…

Discusses the concept of an underclass and the use of the term in current literature. Attempts a correct definition of the word. Notes that it is still misleading with regard to Blacks because of the certain exclusion of the Black underclass from the labor market. (DM)

During the 1990s, poverty rates in the United States remained relatively stable despite a robust economy. This paper reviews the research and theoretical and conceptual developments during the past decade, including how the poverty line was developed; the causes of the virtually unchanged poverty rate; and the consequences of poverty for children.…

Proposes a theory of information poverty based on four concepts that serve as the basis for defining an impoverished life-world: risk taking, secrecy, deception, and situational relevance. A conceptual framework that links the world of the information-poor, the outsiders, with a world of insiders, is developed. Contains 64 references. (Author/LRW)

Many official strategies for school improvement appear to be based on an assumption that schools operate as autonomous units, hence the privileging of school-based characteristics that are taken to provide indicators of effectiveness. However, if the systemic relationships between schools are recognized then it may be that the establishment of…

In 1802, Edmund Rice directed the laying of the foundation stone for Mount Sion Monastery and School. After several previous attempts of instructing poor boys in Waterford, this was to be the first permanent home for the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Rice's dream of founding a religious community of brothers was becoming a reality with a…

The Harvard Family Research Project conducted a research study on the factors associated with whether youth participate in organized out-of-school time (OST) programs and activities. National data was used to examine the many factors and contexts in children's lives that predict their participation. This research summary synthesizes findings from…

A low-cost private education sector is acknowledged to be serving the poor in developing countries, including India. However, it is widely accepted that this sector cannot provide a route towards "education for all". This conclusion is explored in the light of case study evidence from low-income areas of Hyderabad, India. Private…

The joint trajectory analysis version of Nagin's ("Group-based modeling of development." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005) semiparametric, group-based approach for modeling trajectories was used to assess how boy's trajectories of conduct problems (CP) and neighborhood SES covaried from ages 5 to 12. Participants were…

This paper examines the politics and practice of education in Malaysia within the context of ethnicity and nation building. Public education in Malaysia--particularly, but not exclusively, at the pre-university level--is promoted as a nation-building tool, seeking to inculcate a sense of Malaysian-ness and patriotism. Simultaneously, however,…

Bangladesh has made great improvements in the scale and quality of access to education in recent years and gender equality has almost been achieved in primary education (World Bank, 2008). Evidence from CREATE's nationwide community and school survey (ComSS) confirms results from other research (such as Al-Samarrai, 2009) which suggests that…

One of the conundrums of free primary education (FPE) policy in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is the "mushrooming" of fee-paying private schools. Several researchers have become interested in studying this phenomenon and have raised the question--does free primary education meet the needs of the poor? Emerging voices among this…