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Direct linkThomas Downes Ed.; Kieran M. Killeen Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2024
Faced with the problem of how to measure the magnitude of economic disadvantage in the populations served by schools or districts, researchers addressing school finance topics have invariably turned to the fraction of students eligible for free- or reduced-lunches (FRPL). But the facile dependence on FRPL may be problematic. A large and growing…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Students, Measurement Techniques, Lunch Programs
Peter W. Cookson Jr. – Harvard Education Press, 2024
In "School Communities of Strength," Peter W. Cookson, Jr., lays out a blueprint for providing equitable educational opportunities for students from all socioeconomic strata, and particularly for the five million American children who live with the extreme material hardship known as deep poverty. This work issues an urgent call to action…
Descriptors: Poverty, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Public Schools
