Low-Income Students in Public Schools

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…”