Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
Focus on Poverty, IRP’s flagship online publication, includes brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. The collection is prepared for educators, policymakers, policy analysts, and state and federal officials. Each issue is accompanied by Focus on Poverty Classroom Supplement, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information and web links on the topics covered in Focus on Poverty.
Resources
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Interactive effects of Head Start and K–12 spending
- Rucker C. Johnson
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Does full-day kindergarten reduce achievement gaps?
- Chloe Gibbs
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Administrative complexity as a barrier to school choice
- Jennifer Jennings
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Poverty, neighborhood, and school setting
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Neighborhood and the intergenerational transmission of poverty
- Lincoln Quillian
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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School context, segregation, and inequality
- David Deming
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Does schooling increase or decrease social inequality?
- Stephen Raudenbush
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Poverty and childhood health
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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How childhood health affects poverty in adulthood
- Anna Aizer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Effects of poverty and health on children’s cognitive development
- Margot Jackson
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017