Poverty Rate for NC Latino Children Skyrockets

The poverty rate for Latino children in North Carolina has skyrocketed in the past decade--going from 28.3% in 2000 to 42.8% in 2009! North Carolina is one of three states highlighted in a new report, A Challenge to Our Nation:...

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Early childhood education and immigrant families

The Urban Institute has a new paper that looks at how states and communities are improving access to high quality early childhood programs for immigrant families. It's titled, "Early Education Programs and Children of Immigrants: Learning Each Other's Language." Excerpted...

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