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Download full textViadero, Debra – Education Week, 2000
This issue, the fifth in a series on demographic forces shaping U.S. education, highlights the persistence of poverty, examining the experiences of one Kentucky school system. Wolfe County, Kentucky, uses education to lift its children out of poverty. This extremely poor county is as poor as it ever was (which is also true in central cities and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Parent Participation
