Low-Income Students
Law & Courts
Opinion
Diversity’s Quiet Rebirth
"Surveys show that a vast majority of people favor integrated schools over segregated ones, and think the government should do more to bring them into being," says Susan Eaton.
Law & Courts
Opinion
Socioeconomic Integration: It’s Legal, and It Makes Sense
Using socioeconomic status is one legal way to ensure a diverse student body, say Angela Ciolfi and James E. Ryan.
Equity & Diversity
Teachers Achieving 'Highly Qualified' Status on the Rise
Data show an increase of 7 percentage points in the total number of highly qualified teachers nationwide since 2003-04.
Equity & Diversity
More Funding Urged For ‘Education for All’
For more than 72 million children around the globe, school is not yet an option.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Family Risk Factors Seen Contributing to Chronic Absence
Until recently, research on the effects of family risk factors on children has mostly focused on the infant, toddler, and preschool years—without much knowledge about how these issues affect children once they enter school.
Equity & Diversity
Poor Rural Children Attract Close Study
An ambitious project run by two universities is the largest, most comprehensive and representative study to date of children’s development in rural America.
Law & Courts
Louisville District Unveils New Student-Assignment Plan
The district proposed a new system that it hopes will maintain racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity in its schools without running afoul of the law.
Equity & Diversity
Report Roundup
Child Poverty
The number of U.S. children living in poverty has increased from 13 million to 13.4 million since 2004, according to the latest report from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
Equity & Diversity
Poverty’s Effect on U.S. Scores Greater Than for Other Nations
An estimated 18 percent of the variation in Americans’ science scores were related to students’ socioeconomic circumstances.
Equity & Diversity
No Easy Answers About NCLB’s Effect on ‘Poverty Gap’
The Brookings Institution has unveiled a volume of studies on the potential effects of the federal law’s various provisions on this vulnerable population of students.
Equity & Diversity
South’s Schools Pass Milestone on Poverty
Students from low-income households could constitute more than half of K-12 enrollment in public schools nationally within 10 years, a report contends.
Equity & Diversity
Low-Income Students Are Public School Majority in South, Study Finds
The report predicts that the nation as a whole could reach the same demographic milestone within a decade if current trends persist.
Equity & Diversity
Mobility of Native American Students Can Pose Challenges to Achievement
Educators are launching classroom initiatives to help overcome the impact of student turnover.
Equity & Diversity
Wake County, N.C., May Raise Cap on Poor Students
The student-assignment plan has drawn the spotlight as a national model for ensuring diversity in public schools without using race and ethnicity.