Abstract

The poverty rate among children increased from 12 million children in 2000 to over 16 million in 2012, representing a 6% increase during that 12-year span. In total, 23% of children in the United States now live at or below the poverty line. Overall in the United States, 15.9% of our population (48.5 million) fell below the poverty line in 2011 (Bishaw, 2012), while 45% (32.7 million) children lived within 200% of the poverty line (Mattingly, Bean & Schaefer, 2012).1 Meanwhile, income inequality is growing in the United States. Between 1979 and 2007, the top 1% of wage earners realized a 275% increase in their wages, while the bottom 20% realized only an 18% increase (CBO, 2011). Income inequality and poverty are realities that too many of our families and students are confronted with every day.

How to Cite:

Butler, T., (2013) “Book Review: Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir and Those Who Work, Those Who Don't: Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 28(5), 1–4.

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