4th Annual Symposium on Poverty Community organizations, business people, leaders, faith-based groups, seniors and students are all being sought to weigh in on different aspects of the problem of … [Read more...]
Poverty rate among African Americans nearly double that of White Americans
Milwaukee fourth poorest city in nation Washington, DC – Annual data released recently by the U.S Census Bureau indicates that 43.6 million Americans—one in seven people— now live in poverty. This is … [Read more...]
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Why great teachers matter to low-income students
By Joel I. Klein, Michael Lomax and Janet Murguía In the debate over how to fix American public education, many believe that schools alone cannot overcome the impact that economic disadvantage has … [Read more...]