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Download full textJessie S. Thacker-King – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2019
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" Nelson Mandela (Strauss, 2013). Nelson Mandela's statement provides the basis for this article. Education provides a means of escaping the consequences of poverty. Children who live at or below the poverty level must overcome the detrimental effects of poverty…
Descriptors: Poverty, At Risk Students, Child Development, Intervention
US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
The biennial survey presents statistics and discussion for 1947-48 on broad-range education, state school systems, city school systems, higher education, special schools and classes for exceptional children, libraries in institutions of higher education, nonpublic secondary schools, and public school libraries. Topics include administrative units,…
Descriptors: Public Education, Urban Schools, School Districts, Higher Education
