Wasting America's Future
by Marian Wright Edelman 2021-02-03 10:47:28
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Wasting America's Future presents, for the first time in one place, sweeping evidence on the human, social, and economic costs of child poverty in America. The book gives often surprising evidence that even a brief episode of poverty can do lasting d... Read more
Wasting America's Future presents, for the first time in one place, sweeping evidence on the human, social, and economic costs of child poverty in America. The book gives often surprising evidence that even a brief episode of poverty can do lasting damage to children; or that low family income is a devastatingly powerful predictor of negative outcomes for children, including low birthweight, childhood injury and death, and low educational achievement and future earning capacity. Less
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  • 9780807041079
Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist, lawyer and author, is the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund which has sought to bring the plight of children to the attention of policy mkers a...
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