Poverty and Academic Achievement Across the Urban to Rural Landscape: Associations with Community Resources and Stressors

Poor children begin school with fewer academic skills than their nonpoor peers, and these disparities translate into lower achievement, educational attainment, and economic stability in adulthood. Child poverty research traditionally focuses on urban or rural poor, but a shifting spatial orientation...

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Main Authors: Portia Miller, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Rebekah Levine Coley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2019-03-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/2/106