CARL BOGARDUS spoke of Us Education to DAN TRIPLETT on 11-10-96
CB> DT> doors. One quarter of all children in the United 
CB> DT> States under the age of
CB> DT> six live in poverty and children comprise 40% of all people
CB> DT> living in  poverty. Bracey points out that "The United States 
CB> DT> has more than twice 
CB> DT> the proportion of children in poverty than all other
CB> DT> industrialized  nations. In the United States, 53 percent of
CB> DT> black children and 42  percent of Hispanic children are in
CB> DT> poverty. But  economics is a greater 
CB> DT> factor than ethnicity, he added. Well-off African American
CB> DT> students  score higher, on average, than poor Asian students,
CB> DT> for example." 
  Duncan concluded that "there is little doubt that
CB> DT> child poverty is scarring the development of our nation's
CB>children." Who knows what so-called "conservatives" will call this
CB>post.  When I suggested that there is a definite trend for one
CB>group of people in  this country to hold back another group, I was
CB>labeled a "Marxist".  However,  since I know that far from true, what
CB>the heck.  
CB>More than race, poverty is the ruin of many kids lives.  There is a
CB>group of  people that don't care, but they are just selfish, not
CB>conservative.   
Seems that this report is in agreement with you on that!
Dan
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