poverty
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"The issue often has roots beyond the classroom, from illness and mental health challenges to poverty and unmet special educational needs."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Head Start was established in the 1960s to help fight poverty and has long been considered by early childhood education experts to be a gold standard early learning program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“You have a lot of vacant storefronts, you have a lot of vacant lots, empty homes, and…really deep poverty that hasn’t been addressed by what’s going on downtown.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
This would better protect seniors from poverty, improve Social Security’s long-term finances and help eliminate the need for welfare programs like Supplemental Security Income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Roughly one-third of the planet already lived in chronic poverty, according to United Nations statistics.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing poverty
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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