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June 27, 2013

Impacts of poverty on rural students, families topic of IU9 session

delancey401@yahoo.com

Poverty rates in non-metropolitan areas are always higher than those in metropolitan areas, according to Dr. Kai Schafft of The Pennsylvania State University, who spoke about poverty and its impacts

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