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Download full textCarter, Carolyn S. – 1999
More than 30 years after the Great Society initiatives, poverty continues to put large numbers of students at risk of school failure. The challenges to education and life success are most severe for children in the nation's poorest rural counties, the 535 rural persistent poverty (RPP) counties. This digest provides background on RPP counties and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Community Development, Educational Needs
