Living & Learning in Poverty: November 2012

ScienceDirect.com - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility - Does Capital at Home Matter More than Capital at School?: Social Capital Effects on Academic Achievement*

“Arts of the Possible,” Adrienne Rich (2001)

Universal public education has two possible—and contradictory—missions. One is the development of a literate, articulate, and well-informed citizenry so that the democratic process can continue to evolve and the promise of radical equality can be brought closer to realization. The other is the perpetuation of a class system dividing an elite, nominally “gifted” few, tracked from an early age, from a very large underclass essentially to be written off as alienated from language and science, from poetry and politics, from history and hope—toward low-wage temporary jobs. The second is the direction our society has taken. The results are devastating in terms of the betrayal of a generation of youth. The loss to the whole of society is incalculable. (p. 162)

Living & Learning in Poverty

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Austerity in the UK - Food bank queues highlight impact of rising bills | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Saturday, November 10, 2012

The poor in America: In need of help | The Economist

Friday, November 9, 2012

Child poverty in the South getting worse - Daily Progress: News

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

A Milestone En Route to a Majority Minority Nation | Pew Social & Demographic Trends

Monday, November 5, 2012

Yes, the Rich Are Different | Pew Social & Demographic Trends

Friday, November 2, 2012

It's Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy's Closet of Shame

Thursday, November 1, 2012

ScienceDirect.com - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility - Does Capital at Home Matter More than Capital at School?: Social Capital Effects on Academic Achievement*