Examines risk and protective factors to identify processes in rural, single-parent families that are linked with positive child outcomes. Protective domains promoted greater child self-regulation; parenting protective factors promoted greater self-regulation. Maternal risk had the greatest negative effect on child self-worth. Results also reveal…

This article describes a framework for building more inclusive, effective, and successful schools in poor rural and urban communities called "Whole Schooling". Multiple barriers to inclusive schools are identified, the commonalties and differences between poor rural and urban schools are explored, and specific strategies for utilizing available…

Building social capital for poor children is an important endeavor. Disadvantaged children generally lack a network that allows them to thrive in school and achieve a sense of belonging. Schools in impoverished neighborhoods can strengthen ties to students by building links to the community, becoming full-service community schools, and joining…

Discussion of the Star Schools distance-learning program focuses on equity issues that were addressed in a national evaluation. Service to elementary and secondary school students in remote rural areas and students in schools serving minority and economically disadvantaged students is examined, and policy implications are considered. (LRW)

Examined the economic well-being of adult refugees who arrived in the United States as children. Examined five refugee groups (Southeast Asians, Soviets/East Europeans, Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans) using data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing. Findings indicate the economic status of childhood refugee arrivals differed by…

Examines the residual paradigm, used for shaping U.S. child welfare policies and programs, and argues that it has failed to address the problems of child poverty and to facilitate progress for children. Another approach to child welfare is proposed that takes into account structural issues based on current knowledge and practical realities…

Analyzes legal immigrants' participation rates in major welfare programs and discusses several proposals to eliminate or restrict eligibility of legal immigrants for welfare programs, including denying eligibility to long-term legal immigrants whose sponsors' income exceeds the median family income. Competition for low-skill jobs and the limited…

Draws on the 1998 Current Population Survey to examine the poverty status and welfare recipient status of rural and urban children under 18 to inform policymakers about potential effects of welfare reform. Discusses the effects of rural versus urban residence, region, household type, race, parental age, parental education, and parental employment…

At R. B. Russell Vocational High School (Winnipeg, Manitoba), which serves economically disadvantaged, primarily First Nations students, a student-developed Web site uses virtual reality and digital video technologies to teach auto mechanics in ways that are relevant to students' diverse learning styles and needs. The project has increased student…

Explores how "corporate venture philanthropy," in the form of grants and technical expertise, could help expand the number of talented students from traditionally underrepresented groups in higher education. (EV)

This survey explored the knowledge and attitudes of 246 respondents in rural Oregon about child sexual abuse. Gaps in knowledge were found in all age and ethnic groups, with the weakest knowledge found among respondents who were men, unmarried, Latino, without children, younger, or had low incomes and/or education. (Author/PB)

Most predominantly black urban schools are considered inferior, dangerous, and ignorable. Black students attending predominantly white suburban schools are marginalized, deculturalized, academically tracked, and disproportionately disciplined. Those left behind in inner-city schools become "problem students." Due to funding inequities,…

Increasing numbers of poor Mexican immigrant families are settling in the rural southeastern United States. Most of these families are from isolated agrarian communities in Mexico and are headed by unskilled laborers or displaced farm workers with little education. Child welfare workers and other service providers in rural communities may be…

Social policy-making in the UK under the Labour government has galvanized around the issue of social exclusion, identifying young children (0-4 years) and their families living in areas of high social disadvantage to be particularly at risk. This paper attempts to recover the experiences and views of professionals concerned with the delivery and…

Purpose: Low-income preschoolers' use of literate language features in oral narratives across three age groups (3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) and two ethnic groups (Caucasian and African American) was examined. Method: Sixty-seven preschoolers generated a story using a wordless picture book. The literate language features examined were simple and…