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Researchers Target Poverty as Key Barrier to Closing U.S. Education Gap

Researchers Target Poverty as Key Barrier to Closing U.S. Education Gap

To overcome its education achievement gap, America must institute a comprehensive program of educational and social services to address the broad effects of poverty on millions of the nation's schoolchildren. Such a program could be delivered to 1 million students from families whose incomes fall within 75 percent to 125 percent of the federal poverty line at an approximate cost of $15,000 per student. These and other findings will be presented at TC on November 17th and 18th at the College's fourth annual Symposium on Educational Equity.   Released: 11/12/2008