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School-Age Children: Poverty and Diversity Challenge Schools Nationwide

HEHS-94-132 Published: Apr 29, 1994. Publicly Released: May 04, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how the increasing population of school-age children of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds living in poverty affects schools, focusing on the changes in demographic characteristics of school-age children between 1980 and 1990.

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Aid for educationCompensatory educationDisadvantaged personsElementary school studentsImmigrantsMinoritiesPopulation statisticsSecondary school studentsSchoolsChildren