Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Africa
This new report provides an up-to-date ""big picture"" on poverty and equity in the region. This is ecessary as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, interacting with subsequent global shocks, have compounded pre-existing challenges faced by the region, even as climate change and conflict pose systemic risks to poverty reduction.
Controlling, surveilling, and punishing poor families through the child welfare system In a typical year, one in five US children have some interaction with the child welfare system. Countless other families, particularly those who struggle to care for their children due to poverty or economic insecurity, fear child welfare system involvement. ......
Controlling, surveilling, and punishing poor families through the child welfare system In a typical year, one in five US children have some interaction with the child welfare system. Countless other families, particularly those who struggle to care for their children due to poverty or economic insecurity, fear child welfare system involvement. ......
A profound exploration into the spiritual beliefs and practices of Seattle's unhoused youth Soul Woundedness is an intimate, piercing book about everyday life for young adults living on the streets of Seattle. Based on over five years of research and as a participant-observer, Paul Houston Blankenship-Lai presents the personal experiences of ......
A profound exploration into the spiritual beliefs and practices of Seattle's unhoused youth Soul Woundedness is an intimate, piercing book about everyday life for young adults living on the streets of Seattle. Based on over five years of research and as a participant-observer, Paul Houston Blankenship-Lai presents the personal experiences of ......
Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853 1920, is the first comprehensive examination of a workhouse in the United States, offering a critical history of the institution in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Using the Old St. Louis Workhouse as a representative example, award-winning historian Gregg Andrews brings to life individual stories of ......
The Groundbreaking 1968 Federal Indictment of Racial and Economic Inequality in the U.S.
Given the present-day threats to American democracy, Teachers College Press is publishing this federal report with new introductions by U.S. Senator Cory Booker and American historian Elizabeth Hinton. This complete edition of the Kerner report includes the full text, as well as important graphs, statistics, and supporting materials. The subject ......
The Groundbreaking 1968 Federal Indictment of Racial and Economic Inequality in the U.S.
Given the present-day threats to American democracy, Teachers College Press is publishing this federal report with new introductions by U.S. Senator Cory Booker and American historian Elizabeth Hinton. This complete edition of the Kerner report includes the full text, as well as important graphs, statistics, and supporting materials. The subject ......
Differences in performance between students living in poverty and more advantaged students are reflective of an opportunity gap, as opposed to a gap in student ability. Walker-Dalhouse and Risko focus on disparities in literacy achievement that might be attributed to color-blind practices, deficit mindsets, low expectations, or context-neutral ......