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Download full textRupured, Michael – Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, 2000
The working poor are typically defined by researchers as individuals who work at least part of the year and earn less than a given percentage of the federal poverty level. This definition tends to understate the problem. In 1997, 15.8 million employed parents had incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The federal Earned Income Tax…
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Community Services, Daily Living Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
IDRA Newsletter, 1997
This theme issue includes six articles about nurturing parent and community involvement in schools, particularly schools serving Hispanic, immigrant, or economically disadvantaged students. "Thinking about Learning: The Community and Academic Standards" (Oanh H. Maroney, Aurelio M. Montemayor) describes a Corpus Christi (Texas) project…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
