Low Income Children

Low-Income Children Receiving Free (Nutritious) Lunches

AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — While the other preschoolers were warming up to the vegetable pesto lasagna, 3-year-old Avery Bennett dived in with no hesita...

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What About Welfare?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip N. Cohen

The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.

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Your Education Policies Don't Figure: An Open Letter to John McCain

Martin Carnoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Vouchers, Barack Obama, Early Childhood Education, Education Policy, Teachers, Low-Income Children, John McCain, Lisa Graham Keegan, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Here is what puzzles me: none of what you and Graham Keegan claim for vouchers is based on any available evidence.

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