The social context of education, the development and expansion of concentrated poverty in central-city schools, and the relationship between poverty and educational performance as it affects schoolchildren and parents in closely related fields such as welfare, housing, employment and training, health care, food assistance, and day care. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Educational Administration 395J and Educational Leadership and Policy 384V may not both be counted. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.