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Nearly half of public school children in the United States were poor in the school year that ended in 2011, according to a new study by the Southern Education Foundation (SEF), the oldest US educational charity. In 17 states in the South and four in the West, children from low-income families comprised a majority in public schools.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/19/poor-o19.html



Trust in Government Nears Record Low

62% Have Positive View of Federal Workers
http://www.people-press.org/2013/10/18/trust-in-government-nears-record-low-but-most-federal-agencies-are-viewed-favorably/



Almost Half of Public School Students Are Now Low-Income

In America, what you earn depends largely on your success in school. Unfortunately, your success in school depends largely on what your parents earn.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/study-almost-half-of-public-school-students-are-now-low-income/280664/


From Information Clearing House

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How Wall Street Power Brokers Are Designing the Future of Public Education as a Moneymaking Machine

Anna Simonton, AlterNet: Why are Wall Street types investing in local school board elections? Just follow the money.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20567-how-wall-street-power-brokers-are-designing-the-future-of-public-education-as-a-money-making-machine



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