Government agencies, research entities, and social service organizations are excellent resources for data related to low-income and poverty, and with related social indicators. Educators who use these resources will be better able to understand the needs of the students and families they serve.
The number of students who receive free or reduced-price school meals traditionally is used to count the number of students living in poverty. Some experts
Around this time in 2017, federal funding for home visiting—a program that builds long-term connections between trained counselors and at-risk families—had lapsed, ensnared in disagreements
Guaranteeing admission to state universities makes it more likely that academically talented, low-income students will choose colleges that are challenging enough to match their abilities,
This story about the opiod crisis and foster care was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: how schools and child welfare systems fail
Close to 50% of children and teens didn’t receive the recommended 420 minutes of physical activity per week and 5% didn’t engage in any exercise,
Adolescents from low-income families were at a greater risk of developing heart disease and were more likely to be obese or to smoke, compared with
Programs that address poverty — such as food stamps, insurance and tax credits — also improve students’ academic performance, graduation rates and likelihood of enrolling
High schools that depend the most on credit-recovery programs have large increases in graduation rates, even though many students still perform poorly on standardized tests,
The latest Census numbers indicate that, while conditions may be improving for some children and adults, the overall economic well-being of our nation’s youngest citizens
Researchers found that the frequency of children’s conversational turn-taking at ages 18 months to 24 months accounted for 14% of the variance in IQ scores
