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From: "Margarita Oliver" <pegtoliver@earthlink.net>
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Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:907] RE: Indicators of Child Well-Being from 2000 U.S. Census
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Tom Harrison, I believe the NIFL list concentrates on adults for the same
reason I do -- because the status of the parents has EVERYTHING to do with
the attention given to the children. Here in the Rio Grande Valley of
Texas, more than 85% of the population is Hispanic, so it isn't race, but it
is class. More than half of the adults and older youth have less -- many
MUCH less -- than a high school diploma and much less than English
proficiency. Children who are "economically disadvantaged, migrant, limited
English proficient" (because their parents are, of course) score much lower
on the (in)famous Texas tests than others, of course, although the schools
get uncountable $millions because of the terribly high poverty level.
However, Texas, always among the 5 state with the highest number of those in
need of ed/lkiteracy services is ALWAYS among the bottom 5 in funding for
those services. I've been fighting that for the 19 years I've lived in the
Valley and have taught open, self-paced GED and ESL in my own (VERY)
nonprofit organization. Here, children get all the money and attention,
but, without any attention to raising the overall education level in the
communities -- the roots of the children's school achievement -- decade
after decade, things don't improve.
I, too, find that the NIFL list doesn't address my passionate
concerns. I feel that nobody does, and I can easily hear that you feel the
same way. Are there other local people who feel as you do? Is there any
"leader" tytpe of person who will speak out? In my case, I don't find those
people, which makes it very difficult. I'm afraid it's the same for you.
Peg Oliver pegtoliver@earthlink.net
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From: tjjhjr@netscape.net <tjjhjr@netscape.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov>
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:01 AM
Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:904] RE: Indicators of Child Well-Being from 2000
U.S. Census
>how can i confirm it, if i have deen "uninvited" on the NIFL-ESL list?
>
>why do right wing people who do not allow discussions of bigotry, racism,
and children's rights control that list's membership?
>
>why is a list to discuss OCR cases, and the disenfranchisement of children
by very well paid so-called educators?
>
>
>
>
>
>"Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>The Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT has compiled indicators of
child
>>well-being from the 2000 U.S. Census and created an interactive online
>>database. The site consists of data from the Census Short Form (Census
SF1)
>>and is being updated weekly as the Census Bureau releases new data from
the
>>Long Form (Census SF3). Rankings on socioeconomic indicators will be
>>available after all 50 states have been released.
>>
>>To access this database, visit www.aecf.org/kidscount/census/
>>
>>You can view regional profiles for the nation as a whole, individual
states,
>>the nations largest cities, or any of the 7 other kinds of geographic
areas.
>>You can create a ranking table from one of over 21 population indicators.
>>
>>Data are available for the following:
>>
>>Income and poverty
>>Parental employment
>>Education
>>Language
>>Disability
>>Neighborhood characteristics
>>Age and Sex
>>Race
>>Hispanic Origin Status
>>Living arrangements
>>
>>Geographic regions include:
>>
>>The United States
>>Individual states
>>The nation's largest cities
>>Counties
>>American Indian/Alaska Native/Hawaiian Home Lands
>>
>>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>>-Mary Ann Corley
>>NIFL-Povracelit List Moderator
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas
>>Metropolitan Statistical Areas
>>Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
>>Congressional districts (for the 106th congress)
>>New England Towns
>>
>>
>>
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