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Majority of public school children in South and West now live near or below poverty line, study says

by Karen McVeigh

For the first time since the 1960s, a majority of the children in public schools in the South and West of the United States come from families living below, at or not far above the poverty line, according to a new study. The study’s findings are part of a trend that is set to continue across the nation.

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