Lessons from SEED, a National Demonstration of Child Development Accounts is a collaborative (Washington-based nonprofits) study which examines the effects of opening savings accounts for 1,100 newborns. The study, which looked at a number of different communities and also ensured that all income levels were represented, found that these accounts not only led to savings for children, but that they can also "raise college expectations and affordability, and serve as a basis for more stable and productive financial lives for...families"
A New Majority: Low-Income Students in the South’s Public Schools, is a research report on the growth of low income children in the South’s public schools. It found that more than half of public schoolchildren in the U.S. South now come from low-income families, and predicts that the nation as a whole could reach the same demographic reality within a decade if current socio-economic trends persist.
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Harris Interactive poll looked at e-Readers and e-Reader user habits. The poll found that users of e-readers read more and are more likely to buy or download books. The report contains some interesting stats which should give publishers a little more incentive to push more content to digital.