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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From multiple program participation to disconnection in Wisconsin
- Maria Cancian, Eunhee Han, and Jennifer L. Noyes
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
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The disconnected population in Tennessee
- Donald Bruce, William Hamblen, and Xiaowen Liu
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
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How former prisoners become connected
- David J. Harding, Jessica J. B. Wyse, Cheyney Dobson, and Jeffrey D. Morenoff
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
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Poverty and poor health: Can health care reform narrow the rich-poor gap?
- Barbara Wolfe
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
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Focus 28(1), Spring/Summer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
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Both Hands Tied
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
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Reconfiguring the social contract: A summary of Both Hands Tied
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
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Reactions to Both Hands Tied
- Lawrence M. Mead
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
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Response from the authors
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
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Disadvantaged fathers and their families
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, and Ronald B. Mincy
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011