Flu could hit poor schools hardest, By Kristi Jourdan, August 25, 2009, Washington Times: “If the flu outbreak this fall is as widespread as some experts fear, students who stay home should use Web conferencing and podcasting technologies to try to stay current – a federal recommendation that could be too advanced for some poorer school districts to take advantage of. The six-page guidelines issued by the Department of Education on Monday suggest closed-circuit television, DVDs and Internet usage, among other technology, to get information to students in anticipation of high absentee rates and temporary school shutdowns because of a flu outbreak. But some families in inner cities like the District, where the announcement was made, might lack the means to follow the suggested federal guidelines…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty