Low-Income Students
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
White Knights and False Villains in Education
We need schools in which adults are treated like adults by those "above" them in the hierarchy--which has hardly ever been the condition of public schools, especially those serving poor communities.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
Public Media's Impact on Young Readers
Policymakers may be overlooking one promising route to improving the literacy of low-income children, writes Susan B. Neuman.
Education Funding
Opinion
From Castles to Factories
Dear Diane,
I couldn't resist this piece from the Rev. John Thomas of the Chicago Theological Seminary, entitled "It's Not OK to Hate Teachers."
I couldn't resist this piece from the Rev. John Thomas of the Chicago Theological Seminary, entitled "It's Not OK to Hate Teachers."
School Climate & Safety
Report: Tough Times Ahead for Children of the Great Recession
While the economy may recover, the generation growing up now could feel the harsh impact of the Great Recession for years to come, a new report from the Foundation for Child Development contends.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Deconstructing NAEP Reading Scores for Cities
Dear Deborah,
This year the federal testing program (the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP) expanded to include 18 urban districts. The testing of urban districts is known as TUDA (or, Trial Urban District Assessment). TUDA was launched in 2002, in response to a request by the Council of the Great City Schools.
This year the federal testing program (the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP) expanded to include 18 urban districts. The testing of urban districts is known as TUDA (or, Trial Urban District Assessment). TUDA was launched in 2002, in response to a request by the Council of the Great City Schools.
Equity & Diversity
Analysis Ties 4th Grade Reading Failure to Poverty
A foundation planning a literacy initiative says 85 percent of poor 4th graders in the lowest-income schools fail federal reading tests.
School & District Management
Socioeconomics Replacing Race in School Assignments
Advocates hope to clear the path—blocked by the Supreme Court—to racial diversity in schools, through the use of poverty measures.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
What All Kids Need
Dear Diane,
It was fun seeing and hearing you in D.C. and hearing ABOUT you everywhere I went the past few weeks—Denver to Maine and in between. I'm very grateful. Of course, I wouldn't be so grateful if it wasn't that we were agreeing so much—although there are still those provocative disagreements.
It was fun seeing and hearing you in D.C. and hearing ABOUT you everywhere I went the past few weeks—Denver to Maine and in between. I'm very grateful. Of course, I wouldn't be so grateful if it wasn't that we were agreeing so much—although there are still those provocative disagreements.
Equity & Diversity
Schools Found Doing Better Job Flagging Pupils for Meals Help
Researchers report that half of U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Educational Inequality Begins at Birth
"Very young children have the greatest ability to learn. They are like sponges, soaking up whatever their environment offers," writes Vicky Schippers.
Equity & Diversity
President Envisions Anti-Poverty Efforts Like Harlem's 'Zone'
Proposed 2010 budget would fund 'Promise Neighborhoods' to address poverty.
Education Funding
Gates Urges U.S. to Be Educational Change Agent
The software mogul calls stepped-up federal investment in schooling a smart move in tough economic times.
Equity & Diversity
Out-of-Field Teaching More Common in Poor Schools
Children in high-poverty schools are about twice as likely to have teachers without standard qualifications, a study finds.
Education Funding
Nations' Broken Vows Slow Education Goals, UNESCO Reports
A new report blames a range of factors for pushing the international goal of universal primary schooling off target.