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Students in Poverty

Race, Class and Schools

Kevin P. Chavous | Posted 01.14.2013 | Home
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Kevin P. Chavous

Our schools are arguably more segregated today than they were during the Brown decision. Indeed, many of the schools desegregated after Brown have re-segregated today. The effect of that segregation is just as toxic now as it was in 1954.

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Stewart Talks Inner City Students: 'I Give You All The Respect In The World'

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home
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IS 318's class president found himself in "a huge fiscal crisis" when the Brooklyn school's principal announced $1 million in cuts that would threaten...

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Ohio High School Paying Students To Show Up, Behave In Class

Posted 04.16.2012 | Home
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A Cincinnati high school is paying its students to go to school. The Dohn Community High School, a charter school in Ohio, started a program this w...

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Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs

Posted 01.29.2012 | Home
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More than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were l...

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