| Parsing the Achievement Gap defines parent availability as two-parent households and reports research correlating the “parent-pupil ratio” to student achievement.
WAYS TO MEASURE
- Parent Availability by Race/Ethnicity
- Poverty and Family Structure
Minnesota Legislative Commission on the Economic Status of Women
May 2003 - Informal Kinship Care in Minnesota: A Pilot Study, In Minnesota, there was a 65% increase in grandchildren living with their relatives between 1990 and 2000. It is estimated that up to 47,679 grandchildren live with their grandparents in Minnesota (U.S. Census, 2000), Minnesota Kinship Care Association.
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