The Unacknowledged Disaster Youth Poverty and Educational Failure in America |
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| Author:
| Biddle, Bruce |
| ISBN: | 978-94-6209-520-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Imprint: | Brill / Sense |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $132.00 |
Book Description:
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The Unacknowledged Disasterconcerns two huge and closely-tied but widely ignored problems that plague the U. S. On the one hand, America tolerates a
massiveamount of youth poverty, while on the other, youth poverty is the
majorsocial factor generating failure in the country's education. This book reviews evidence concerning these problems and their dire effects, discusses ineffective or tragic outcomes that result when these problems are ignored, assesses why these...
More Description The Unacknowledged Disasterconcerns two huge and closely-tied but widely ignored problems that plague the U. S. On the one hand, America tolerates a massiveamount of youth poverty, while on the other, youth poverty is the majorsocial factor generating failure in the country's education. This book reviews evidence concerning these problems and their dire effects, discusses ineffective or tragic outcomes that result when these problems are ignored, assesses why these problems are so often unacknowledged in the United States, and sets forth clear, evidence-based policies that can reduce the disastrous scope of American youth poverty and its destructive effects in education.