Study: Poor children are now the majority in American public schools in South, West, By Lyndsey Layton, October 16, 2013, Washington Post: “A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades, according to a new study that details a demographic shift with broad implications for the country. The analysis by the Southern Education Foundation, the nation’s oldest education philanthropy, is based on the number of students from preschool through 12th grade who were eligible for the federal free and reduced-price meals program in the 2010-11 school year…”
Day: October 17, 2013
State Minimum Wage – Arizona
Arizona minimum wage to increase to $7.90 an hour, By Howard Fischer, October 16, 2013, Yuma Sun: “Come January, Arizona’s minimum wage workers will be able to afford an extra Big Mac a week. But not if they want fries and a drink with it. The state Industrial Commission voted Wednesday for a 10-cent-an-hour hike in the state minimum wage. That will bring the figure to $7.90 an hour. By contrast, the federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a figure it has been stuck at since 2009…”