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ERIC Number: EJ603328
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
The Misery Index.
Bracey, Gerald W.
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n8 p633-34 Apr 2000
U.S. taxpayers score lower on the "Forbes" Misery Index than taxpayers of other industrialized nations. A recent report concludes that public-school students challenge their schools more than private-school counterparts. Low birth weight and demographic factors (gender, poverty, and race) affect Florida's burgeoning special-education placements. (MLH)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Kindergarten, Learning Disabilities, Perinatal Influences, Poverty, Private Schools, Public Schools, School Demography, Sex Differences, Special Education, Tax Effort
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Income Taxes; Tax Equity