Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g8UBf8X00610; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 07:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 07:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <62E97522.3139489B.0006CB3C@netscape.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: tjjhjr@netscape.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:917] RE: Poverty Rate Rises X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 1694 Lines: 32 when a state, by policy, denies ESL certified teachers the right to work, and forces children to be taught by french teachers,or by gym teachers, and refuses to help those teaching esl form a list serve, denies children testing, translation, interpretation, and the number of hours of english language insrtuction it has put down in it's very own Basic Ed Circular guidelines.....why doesn't a list like this one step forward and write about it....where are the stats for the number of esl kids in pa and the number of esl teachers from other disciplines who are forced to teach them.....and the number who don't finish high school "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> wrote: >(U.S. Census Bureau, September 24, 2002) > >The number of people living in poverty rose by 1.3 million from 2000 to >2001, reaching 32.9 million people. The poverty >rate rose from 11.3 percent in 2000 to 11.7 percent in 2001, after falling >for four straight years. Children under 18 continued to have the highest >poverty rate (16.3 percent).Moreover, the average amount by which families' >incomes fell below the poverty line grew to the highest levels since data on >this were first collected in 1979. Real household median income declined >significantly, by 2.2 percent to $42,228,over the same period. >http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p60-219.pdf > > >* * * * * * * >-Mary Ann Corley >NFIL-Povracelit List Moderator > > > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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