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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
An unexpected consequence of a bad economy
The New York Times’ national education correspondent Sam Dillon wrote an interesting story Monday about one consequence of a bad economy. More kids are poor enough to qualify for free breakfast and lunch, driving up costs for those programs.
This is just one example of how a poor economy really hits schools hard. Just ask local districts who have been on the ballot lately. It’s rough out there.
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