The Census Bureau has put out its annual report on personal income. It’s probably no surprise that we’re poorer, on average, than we were a year ago. Turns out we’re also making less than we were a decade ago. One out of five children live in poverty. To learn more about how we got here, and how to deal with poverty in your own school, pay a visit to our resources on economic inequality the wage gap, how the government calculates the poverty line and how to get your class through the recession.
Americans Are Poorer, Census Bureau Says
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