Low-Income Students
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Schools Alone Can't Resolve Problems of Race and Poverty
What we need are ideas—crazy, new ones that might never have worked before; but now we are 21st-century leaders in a 21st-century world. We need to push policymakers into their own unfamiliar places.
Equity & Diversity
Black, Latino Parents Say Expectations for Poor Children Too Low in Public Schools
A new poll by a national civil rights organization found that African-American and Latino families seek higher expectations and academic rigor in public schools.
Student Absenteeism
Trauma-Informed Practices Will Help Tackle Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon
A new law in Oregon includes grant funding for schools to pilot "trauma-informed" solutions to chronic absenteeism.
Equity & Diversity
Leader To Learn From
Community Schools Blunt the Impacts of Poverty in Vancouver, Wash.
Superintendent Steve Webb and Chief of Staff Tom Hagley saw big economic changes coming to the Vancouver, Wash., district, and undertook a major initiative to place a range of supportive services for students and families in the city’s schools. They are recognized as 2016 Leaders To Learn From.
Equity & Diversity
Ed. Groups Urge 'Whole-Child' Approach to Counteract Poverty
A pair of efforts has launched calling for the involvement of multiple local agencies to support the success of poor children in school.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Teachers at Low-Income Schools Deserve Respect
To stem disruptive staff turnover in low-income schools, we must first shift public perception, writes educator Bruce Hansen.
Equity & Diversity
Closed for Snow, D.C. Schools Offer Free Meals to Students and Families
Closed for blizzard recovery, Washington, D.C., schools are offering free breakfasts and lunches to students and their families.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Federal Officials Urge Collaboration Between Schools, Health Care Providers
Schools should work to assess and meet the health needs of their students, and they should collaborate with healthcare providers to strengthen their efforts, says a letter sent today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services.
Equity & Diversity
Political Winds Buffet Tenn.'s Achievement School District
The state-run district that takes over low-performing schools has run into partisan trouble fueled by a study showing progress lagging at those schools compared with other turnaround models.
Equity & Diversity
Youth Homelessness Has Dropped, Feds Report (But It's Complicated)
The number of homeless children dropped 5.8 percent in 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates. But others question that figure.
Equity & Diversity
Thirteen Groups Win i3 Awards, High School a Key Focus Area
The latest round of federal Investing in Innovation grants includes projects to work on better high school outcomes and college readiness.
Every Student Succeeds Act
School Choice Backers Lukewarm on Provision in ESEA Rewrite
The House of Representatives would let states' Title I aid follow disadvantaged students to the public schools of their choice, but the portability rule doesn't go far enough for some.
Equity & Diversity
USDA Sees 20 Percent Increase in Schools Offering Free Meals to All Students
The number of schools offering free meals to all students through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's community eligibility provision jumped 20 percent this year, the second year the option has been available nationwide.
College & Workforce Readiness
Low-Income, Urban High Schools Producing Few STEM Graduates
A new set of data shows that the wealth, minority enrollment and location of a student's high school correlates with gaps in college enrollment and attainment.