Data: More school students live in poverty
Photo credit: iStock | Between 2007 and 2010, the percentage of school-age children living in poverty increased in nearly every school district on Long Island, the Census Bureau estimated.
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Poverty among school-age children on Long Island is on the rise, according to new census estimates that focused on school districts.
About 90 percent of the region's largest 103 school district areas saw an increase in the percentage of school-age kids living in poverty between 2007 and 2010, the Census Bureau estimated.
The rise is another indication of the recent recession's toll,...
