Poverty among school children may be even higher than we thought
An important article on poverty among school children in the US by Anthony Cody, suggesting that poverty levels are even higher than we thought, followed by comments by Yvonne-Siu Runyon, President of the National Association of Teachers of English.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/
How Many of Our Students Live in Poverty?
The number we often hear for the proportion of our students who live in poverty is in the range of 20% to 23%. But Susan Ohanianhas flagged some frightening data from the Department of Education's Data Express. The number of students receiving free or reduced price lunches has grown significantly, and in 2008-2009 44% of our nation's students were eligible. In the state of California,