April’s the time to prevent childhood trauma

April’s the time to prevent childhood trauma: April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month — a special opportunity to emphasize the importance of promoting well-being and preventing maltreatment in childhood. It is also an opportunity to recognize the year-round service and impact of the many people and organizations in our community that are committed to children’s health and safety. A project of potential interest to readers is the Adverse Childhood Experiences Community Education and Engagement project.

Responding to mental health crisis situations of youngsters : The Umpqua Post

Responding to mental health crisis situations of youngsters : The Umpqua Post

A New Majority Research Bulletin: Low Income Students Now a Majority in the Nation's Public Schools

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2015 - Low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation’s public schools, according to this research bulletin. The latest data collected from the states by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), show that 51 percent of the students across the nation’s public schools were low income in 2013.
In 40 of the 50 states, low income students comprised no less than 40 percent of all public schoolchildren. In 21 states, children eligible for free or reduced-price lunches were a majority of the students in 2013.
Most of the states with a majority of low income students are found in the South and the West. Thirteen of the 21 states with a majority of low income students in 2013 were located in the South, and six of the other 21 states were in the West.
Mississippi led the nation with the highest rate: ­71 percent, almost three out of every four public school children in Mississippi, were low-income. The nation’s second highest rate was found in New Mexico, where 68 percent of all public school students were low income in 2013.
This defining moment in America’s public education has been developing over several decades, and SEF has documented the trends and implications in two prior reports. In its 2013 report, SEF Vice President Steve Suitts wrote:  “No longer can we consider the problems and needs of low income students simply a matter of fairness…  Their success or failure in the public schools will determine the entire body of human capital and educational potential that the nation will possess in the future. Without improving the educational support that the nation provides its low income students – students with the largest needs and usually with the least support -- the trends of the last decade will be prologue for a nation not at risk, but a nation in decline…"    
Download the research bulletin, map and new county-level maps.

Suitts, Steve. A New Majority Research Bulletin: Low Income Students Now a Majority in the Nation's Public Schools. Southern Education Foundation. (2015).

News Coverage

Mapped: The places where most public school children are poor. Washington Post. (May, 2015).
The Stark Inequality of U.S. Public Schools, Mapped. The Atlantic. (May, 2015).
Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty. Washington Post. (January, 2015).
Study Finds Widespread Poverty Among U.S. Public School Children. The New York Times. (January, 2015).
More students living in poverty strains education system. PBS NewsHour. (January, 2015).
More Than Half Of American Public Schoolchildren Live In Poverty: Study. The Huffington Post. (January, 2015).
New Milestone: Majority of Public School Students Now Considered Low-Income. Education Week. (January, 2015).

Related Research

A New Majority Update: Low Incomes Students in the South and Nation. Southern Education Foundation. (2013).
A New Diverse Majority: Students of Color in the South's Public Schools. Southern Education Foundation. (2010).
New Diverse Majority Video. Southern Education Foundation.
A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation. Southern Education Foundation. (2007).

Suggested Citation

Suitts, Steve. A New Majority Research Bulletin: Low Income Students Now a Majority in the Nation's Public Schools. Southern Education Foundation. (2015).

For More Information

Please contact Steve Suitts, Senior Fellow.

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The way we think about charity is dead wrong - Dan Pallotta

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Are you sick of highly-paid teachers?

Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work nine or ten months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do -- babysit!

We can get that for less than minimum wage.

That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and planning -- that equals 6-1/2 hours).

So each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585 a day.

However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET'S SEE....

That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6-1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher's salary (nationwide) is $50,000.

$50,000/180 days = $277.77 per day / 30 students = $9.25 / 6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student -- a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)

WHAT A DEAL!!!!

Make a teacher smile; repost this to show appreciation for all educators.

Meredith Menden

Upping the Ante: World's Strongest Beer!

Why are these men happy? Hopefully not cause they have just finished a nice schooner, a pint, or, indeed, even a glass of their new concoction. They are crafting Snake Venom at a Scottish brewery, Brewmeister. This is really nuts with an ABV of 67.5 percent! I thought the world of double IPA's was dangerous! 

The 275 mL beer currently retails for $81 online.

Probably best that Santa did not bring me a JET BIKE!

As always, safety first gents!

Welcome 2014!

I wish you a Happy New Year!

I hope you find 2014 is as inspiring as, uh, well... pork!

Love this! The pork industry dropped "The Other White Meat" in favor of "Be Inspired." Be inspired? Not doing it. If, however, you are inspired, you can visit the pork people at porkbeinspired.com 

How many is too many?

Children killed by guns since Newtown from Mother Jones on Vimeo.

You're probably making 10 percent less than you were ten years ago. The top 0.01 percent is making 76.2 percent more.

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Cover Oregon: The Child Center Can Help!

Cover Oregon is in the news along with the National reforms to healthcare. Aside from the controversy around the functioning of the various and complicated systems involved, what it can mean is more children being able to access needed mental health, physical health, and dental services.

If you are looking for local information and assistance about how to sign up and what you or your family qualify for, The Child Center in Springfield can help you if you reside in Lane County!

Help Signing Up:
Call The Child Center  at 541-726-1465 and ask for someone from the Wellness program. If you call after business hours and receive a recorded message, you can press "1" to leave a message.

Visit the website:
The Child Center

Cover Oregon Website:
http://www.coveroregon.com//?gclid=CLqNhqSo6roCFec9Qgod610Amw

Related Article:
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Cover-Oregon-Dont-let-broken-website-deter-you-from-signing-up-232021371.html?mobile=y

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