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Detroit Schoolchildren Will Eat All Meals Free This Fall
In the Detroit Free Press, Tammy Stables writes that a program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected Michigan as one of three pilot states for an initiative that allows...
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Suburban Poverty a Growing, Under-recognized Problem
If asked about poverty, most would paint a moving picture of urban inner-city plight full of projects and drugs and gang problems, but the reality, according to Yahoo Finance, is quite different. The...
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Matthew Lynch: The Academic Consequences of Poverty
Poverty is a major problem in the United States. The middle class seems to be disappearing and the gap is widening between the upper class and the lower class sectors of society. The socioeconomic...
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Kristof: Government Safety Net Perpetuates Poverty, Illiteracy
According to New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, assertions by liberal lawmakers that a social safety net provided by the government is a bridge to give the destitute an opportunity to cross...
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Oregon Struggles to Move Stagnant HS Graduation Rate
Oregon’s Education Department has released their annual report on graduation rates in the state, and as the Oregonian’s Betsy Hammond reports, despite a strong push by public schools to increase the...
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Maryland Leads Nation on Low-income Student Improvement, WV Slides
Maryland education reform efforts are paying big dividends especially when it comes to low-income students. On the latest edition of the Nation’s Report Card the state was ranked first for the...
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More Children Slipping Into, Staying in Poverty Due to Economy
A new survey from the Annie E. Casey Foundation has shown that since 2005, the number of children living in poverty around the United States has grown to nearly a quarter, Susan Montoya Bryan reports...
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Analysis Shows Poverty Plays Small Role in Ohio’s Achievement Gap
Analysis of Ohio’s standardized test data shows the alarming persistence of a race-based achievement gap even if the results take into account the students’ economic and social background. Exams,...
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For the First Time, Majority of US South, West Kids Are Low-Income
A new study reveals that a majority of students in public schools in the South and West of America are low-income for the first time in at least four decades. The study, conducted by the Southern...
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Obama’s ‘Brother’s Keeper’ Program Picking Up Schools, Gaining Steam
President Barack Obama began a five-year, $200 million initiative known as My Brother’s Keeper in February, which was slated to help black and Latino youth. This week he announced that 60 school...
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Parents Struggle as Child Poverty Highest in 20 Years
A recent report published in JAMA Pediatrics finds that childhood poverty in the United States to be at its highest level in 20 years. According to the report, over 16 million children are living in...
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New Mexico Report: Weak Teachers, Not Just Poverty Hurt Learning
A new report from the New Mexico Legislature’s Legislative Finance Committee suggests that poverty alone does not hinder a child’s ability to learn. The report, which looked at 15 “high poverty”...
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Over Half of Public School Students Qualify for Free or Reduced Lunches
A new report by the Southern Education Foundation has discovered that the number of children who attend public school and also qualify for free or reduced price lunches has risen to 51%, a good...
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Report: Over Half of American Students in Low-Income Families
A new study from the Southern Education Foundation has found that more than half of US public school students are from low-income families. The report, A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South...
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Gates Foundation Bets on Online Education to Improve the World
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary by announcing its intentions to improve the lives of people in poverty-stricken countries through technological advancements and...
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Early Antipoverty Intervention May Boost Brain Development
Scientists, politicians, and economists continue to examine the possible causes of economic inequality to identify the solutions that might help make progress. Beyond simple access to opportunity, a...
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Report: Education is Beneficial, But Won’t Reduce Income Gap
In recent years, much attention, including the focus of the infamous Occupy movement, has been devoted to the growing inequality in American income. One solution that both sides agree on is increasing...
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Union Survey: Many British Students Poorly Fed and Clothed
Children in the United Kingdom go to school hungry, ill and inadequately clothed, which impedes their ability to concentrate and learn, a new teacher survey with more than 2,400 respondents reveals....
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Poor Children’s Neighborhood Can Determine Their Success
Twenty years ago, Congress, in response to the Los Angeles riots, created an experiment called Moving to Opportunity. The premise was to help poor families move to better neighborhoods. Vouchers were...
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‘Condition of Education’ Report Shows American Kids in Poverty
According to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics, childhood poverty in the United States is on the rise, and poverty’s negative impacts on the learning process are likely to...
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