Hi Dan!
In a message to Carl Bogardus  Dan Triplett wrote:
DT> CARL BOGARDUS spoke of Us Education to DAN TRIPLETT on
DT> 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." 
DT> 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.   
DT> Seems that this report is in agreement with you on that!
DT> Dan
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Why don't we do something to change all this?
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