... help to explain regional differences in poverty rates. Educational attainment varies over regions and is strongly associated with a reduced probability of being poor. Demographic factors such as the family being headed by a single parent or by a member of a minority are associated with an ... increased probability of being poor (Regional Difference ). The one thing worse than poverty I would have to say is being homeless and having no ... can sort of live in poverty. When you are homeless you have no foundation. " Homelessness is regarded as one of the most urgent and complex domestic p...

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• Grade Level: High School

... equipment where the teachers have to provide the students in their classes with paper and pencil in order for them to be able to complete simple classroom assignments. Then he flips the coin and visits the suburban areas, which appear to be lavishly equipped and merely a few minutes apart. ... opportunity holds way for all children, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born. Kozol believes that the solution to this problem is simple. He believes that equalization is the answer. In other words, we should spend the same amount of money on schools in poor neighborhoods as .....

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... video games has increased, so has youth violence. I want to find if the increasing violence shown on television and video games has a desensitizing effect on America's youth, thus, increasing the probability that they will commit an act of violence. I believe that this research is important because I think violence on television and video games is a form of classical conditioning. In the movie ... films and games that contain no violent content. This shouldn't pose to large of a problem considering the wide availability of Disney and other children's films and games. I foresee no potent...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate