20% of US school children living below poverty line, report says

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(In reality it is way more than a mere 20%. It’s more like 45%, but even at 20% this means that America is turning into a land of poverty and want!)

20% of US school children living below poverty line, report says

About one in five children are living in poverty in the United States, the US Education Department found in its annual report. However, more children are graduating high school, math scores are higher and dropout rates have declined.

Released by the National Center for Education Statistics, the annual report is used by Congress to identify high priority needs and indicators of education status, as well as trends about preschool, secondary and higher education. The data from the report comes from surveys and administrative records compiled by NCES or the Census Bureau.

Of the 10.9 million school-age children living in poverty, the report showed a six percent increase since 2000, with numbers on the rise for every racial group – 39 percent for African Americans, 36 percent for Native Americans, 32 percent for Latinos and 13 percent for Asians and whites. Many more children need English-language services, the report stated.

The percentage of school-age children living in poverty ranged across the United States from 9 percent in New Hampshire to 33 percent in Mississippi.
The report also found that school crime dropped significantly between 1992, when 181 out of every 1,000 children said they were victims of non-fatal crime at school, and 2013, when 55 out of every 1,000 in 2013.

Additionally, the report identified 42 key topics and trends in US education, from population characteristics and education attainment to economic achievement at all levels – elementary, secondary and post-secondary. The report also included data on the learning behaviors of first time Kindergarteners, and disparity in education among male youth of color…..More Here

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