The Weekly Update: Parent Trigger’s epic fail, parents protest collection of student data, another charter school scam (wow, what a surprise!) and some good news. | Seattle Education

The Weekly Update: Parent Trigger’s epic fail, parents protest collection of student data, another charter school scam (wow, what a surprise!) and some good news. | Seattle Education:

The Weekly Update: Parent Trigger’s epic fail, parents protest collection of student data, another charter school scam (wow, what a surprise!) and some good news.

by seattleducation2011

First up:

Incomes of the wealthy have increased by 28% and yet 24% of our children live in poverty.

24% of our children are living in poverty. That’s 1 in 5 children which is 17M+ children who are not adequately taken care of in terms of their health and diet, and that’s just the basics. That’s where the focus should be if we are truly concerned about the generations that follow us, not what they scored on a standardized test. It’s interesting that the wealthy who are pushing ed reform willfully ignore the obvious.

1 in 5 Kids in U.S. Living in Poverty, Report Says

Signs of economic recovery in the U.S. aside, kids are still suffering: more than one in five children lives in poverty, a study has found.

The Urban Institute, examining data from this year, focused on three areas to determine the impact on children:

• The number of kids living with an unemployed parent.
• How many of them rely on food stamps.
• The overall number of youths living below the poverty line.

To read the results of this study in full, go to the National Journal: The Next America.