Low-Income Students
School & District Management
States Given Low Marks on Supports for Advanced, Low Income Students
A report by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation found an absence of state policies that support high-achieving, low-income students and a "policy vacuum" on the state level on efforts to help those students succeed in school.
Equity & Diversity
Classroom-Exchange Program Exposes Inequalities
What happens when students get an up-close glimpse of the vast resource disparities between different schools?
Equity & Diversity
Author Argues Poor Kids Should Be 'Our Kids'
In a new book, Robert Putnam, the author of Bowling Alone, contends that a growing share of low-income children are growing up without the community supports that bolstered earlier generations.
Equity & Diversity
Leaders Tell of Supporting Families, Engaging Students, Inspiring Black Boys
In our special report, district-level leaders share their experiences engaging parents, meeting the needs of families, boosting student voice, and supporting student populations that are sometimes overlooked.
Equity & Diversity
Hunger Is Common in Classrooms, Teachers Say in Survey
In a survey, a majority of teachers report students regularly come to school hungry, and they fear that hunger may have long-term effects on learning.
College & Workforce Readiness
Low-Income Students Choose Closest—But Not Always Best—Colleges
A new study finds students in Florida community colleges often do not transfer to four-year universities because they are located too far from their homes.
Assessment
Opinion
'Annie' Movie Remake Is Accurate, Sadly
The portrayal of a retooled Annie as poor, black, and illiterate is a realistic portrayal, writes Lydia Carlis.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Leader To Learn From
Confronting Poverty's Challenges, a District Regains Academic Footing
Superintendent Tiffany Anderson draws on community resources to alleviate obstacles to learning in the high-poverty Jennings, Mo., school district. She is recognized as a 2015 Leader To Learn From.
Student Well-Being & Movement
More Low-Income Children Eating School Breakfast, Report Says
The rate of low-income school lunch participants who also eat school breakfasts continued to climb, a report says.
Equity & Diversity
Poverty Data Signal Urgency for Schools
With the shift to a majority-poor enrollment in the nation's public schools, policymakers and school officials need to up the ante in addressing the needs of disadvantaged children and the challenges in educating them, researchers and educators say.
Equity & Diversity
More Homeless Children Would Qualify for Support Under Bill
Advocates for poor children have renewed efforts to expand the definition of homelessness used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Teaching Profession
Study Suggests Using Poverty as a Factor in Teacher Evaluation
Researchers suggest comparing "similarly circumstanced" schools in order to fairly evaluate teachers.
Equity & Diversity
Community Schools Advocates Push for 'Whole Child' Focus in ESEA Update
The Coalition for Community Schools drew from recent Office of Civil Rights data to show how school climate and civil rights issues have suffered under the current law.
Equity & Diversity
Emphasis on 'Grit' Is Unfair to Some Students, Critics Say
Educators at a progressive ed-tech conference sought to provide nuance to the charge that the way schools have embraced "grit" has been harmful to children of color and students from circumstances of poverty.