"Imagine a classroom of 20 children, ready for learning. In this class, 12 of them - over half - are considered low-income or poor. Of the 72 million children in the United States, more than 45 million of them are growing up in low-income or poor families. That is 64 percent of children in the richest country in the world living just above or under the poverty line (Jiang et al. 1). There are many causes to poverty, but none as inextricably linked as education. In fact, children whose parents have less than a high school degree have a significantly increased chance of growing up in poverty (Jiang et al. 5). Poverty and lack of education are connected in a continuing, ever-worsening cycle. In fact, poverty is both a cause and an effect of lack of education."

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"Imagine a classroom of 20 children, ready for learning. In this class, 12 of them - over half - are considered low-income or poor. Of the 72 million children in the United States, more than 45 million of them are growing up in low-income or poor families. That is 64 percent of children in the richest country in the world living just above or under the poverty line (Jiang et al. 1). There are many causes to poverty, but none as inextricably linked as education. In fact, children whose parents have less than a high school degree have a significantly increased chance of growing up in poverty (Jiang et al. 5). Poverty and lack of education are connected in a continuing, ever-worsening cycle. In fact, poverty is both a cause and an effect of lack of education."

Which of the sources from these works cited entries contains the statistics listed in the excerpt?

Jiang, Yang, et al. "Basic Facts About Low-income Children, Children Under 18 Years, 2015." National Center for Children in Poverty, Jan. 2017.

"School Vouchers." National Conference of State Legislatures. 1 Dec. 2016.

"Employment Projections." United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 24 Oct. 2017.

Chapman, Chris, et al. "Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2009." National Center for Education Statistics, 11 Oct. 2011.

Answer 1

The source that contains the statistics listed in the excerpt is:

Jiang, Yang, et al. "Basic Facts About Low-income Children, Children Under 18 Years, 2015." National Center for Children in Poverty, Jan. 2017.