What Makes Education Reform Difficult: Poverty in Rural America

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The author of this post from the Education Facilities Clearinghouse shares information to show that rural schools face many of the same challenges as urban schools, but do not receive the same funding or improvement efforts. For example, one-third of U.S. schools in rural areas have low-income students, low standardized test scores, and low rates for college attendance; and while rural schools serve over 40% of U.S. students, they receive only 22% of federal funding.
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2015-08-31T20:00:00
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http://www.efc.gwu.edu/library/what-makes-education-reform-difficult-poverty-in…
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2015-09-01

Child Poverty Higher and More Persistent in Rural America

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This brief from the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy examines the persistence of high child poverty rates (20 percent or greater) between 1980 and 2010, indicates that the incidence of high child poverty is growing nationwide, and shows that it is most prevalent in rural America. Approximately 28 percent of all rural children live in persistently poor counties, compared to 13 percent of urban children. In 1980, 24 percent of urban counties and 43 percent of rural counties had high child poverty rates. These rates rose to 32 and 56 percent respectively by 1990, but had returned to 1980 levels by 2000. However, the 2010 rates were much higher, indicating that 47 percent of urban counties and 64 percent of rural counties were characterized by high child poverty rates.
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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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http://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=carsey
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2016-01-01

Rural America At-a-Glance, 2015 Edition

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In 2014, the pace of employment growth in rural areas increased after several years of stagnation. However, rural employment remains below pre-recession levels, and rural areas are continuing to experience population loss, higher rates of poverty, and lower educational attainment than their urban counterparts. This brief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture examines recent economic and employment trends in rural America.
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2015-12-31T19:00:00
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http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/1952235/eib145.pdf
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2016-01-01

Severe deprivation: What we know and don't know about deep poverty in the United States

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) includes the opening remarks and first plenary session on the second day of the conference. Plenary panelists included academics, researchers, and policymakers. The discussion centered around what is known about Americans living in deep poverty.

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2016-06-01T20:00:00
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2016-06-02

Poor, unemployed, and without cash assistance: Characteristics, circumstances, and survival strategies of disconnected families

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency contains a breakout session focusing on disconnected families--those in which adults are neither working nor receiving cash assistance. Panelists discussed the characteristics and circumstances of these families and barriers they face to self-sufficiency.

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2016-06-01T20:00:00
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2016-06-02

Stability-instability of low-income Hispanics?: Findings from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) reviews three papers exploring the stability or instability of Hispanic families, including household composition, family structure changes, and income instability.

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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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2016-06-01

Administration for Children and Families’ Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has realigned the Office of Community Services (OCS). This Federal Register notice explains that the realignment renames the “Division of State Assistance” as the “Division of Community Assistance;” establishes a “Division of Social Services;” and consolidates the “Division of Community Discretionary Programs” and the “Division of Community Demonstration Programs” to establish the new “Division of Community Discretionary and Demonstration Programs.” The notice also spells out the functions of each Division.
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2016-08-24T20:00:00
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https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-25/pdf/2016-20400.pdf
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2016-08-25

Exploring strategies for serving reentering fathers

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) describes efforts to support reentering fathers, such as: 1) efforts of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council; 2) partnerships with the National Child Support Program; and 3) the TYRO suite of programs provided through The RIDGE Project, Inc.

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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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2016-06-01

Building research capacity in human services agencies

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) describes methods for building research capacity in social service agencies, including 1) rapid-cycle evaluation, 2) using administrative data for performance management and program decision support, 3) practices to engage program administrators in creating and using research evidence, and 4) evidence-based technical assistance.

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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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http://www.recsconference.net/2016videos.htm
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2016-06-01

Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency: What we learned and what's next

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This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) reviews findings from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project as well as lessons learned and next steps for this work. The BIAS portfolio included initiatives in the domains of work supports, child support, and child care.

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2016-05-31T20:00:00
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http://www.recsconference.net/2016videos.htm
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2016-06-01