Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h5GHFNC10644; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:15:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:15:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000201c33429$b0b9b590$2d881a0a@famlit.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Noemi Aguilar" <naguilar@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1580] Child Trends' latest research X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1057 Lines: 34 I just wanted to share some interesting information. Child Trends' latest research brief provides a snapshot of working poor families in 2001, focuses on the characteristics of children living in poverty The Child Trends research brief, Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind can be found at http://www.childtrends.org/PDF/PoorFamiliesRB.pdf A new indicator on the Child Trends Databank reports that non-Hispanic black high school dropout rates have hit a historic low in 2001 of 11 percent, further narrowing the black-white education gap. Hispanics, on the other hand, continue to lag far behind blacks and whites, with a dropout rate of 27 percent. Information on trends in dropout rates is available on the Child Trends DataBank, http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/eduskills/attendance/1HighSchoolDropout.h tm Noemi Aguilar National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main Street, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502/584-1133 ext 168 Fax: 502/584-0172 E-mail: naguilar@famlit.org
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