Latest Coverage

"Nationally, about 70 percent of students enroll in college right after graduation, the report found, and about 54 percent of students from low-income families do. The city school system appears to be grappling with where to place more emphasis in guidance counseling..."

"Scharmen has mapped the rise in obesity in Albuquerque Public School children, showing, as is true in other parts of the country, schools serving impoverished children have the highest rates of obesity in Albuquerque."

"I hope Perry's idea will snowball into creative ways to cut costs while not cutting quality. We have got to figure out a way to make a higher education more affordable. If we don't, it just won't be low-income students we are pricing out."

"Thanks to a $2,000 grant from the state, the market matches every SNAP dollar up to $25, letting low-income families double the amount of locally produced goods that they can obtain with their benefit."

"The Berkshire County Sheriff's Office has signed on to a national program aimed at improving relationships and communications skills between fathers and at-risk children."

"Two Manitowoc County schools are among 116 schools in Wisconsin receiving recognition for their success in educating students from low-income families."

"For the fifth graders at St. James School in North Philadelphia, Wednesday was a day of firsts.First day of class for the first students at the city's first Episcopal middle school for low-income children."

"In addition, Delta Dental will contribute another $50,000 to each dentist for a total of $100,000 in loan repayment funds. The recipients also must provide dental care to under-served populations in their communities including Medicaid, disabled, elderly, nursing home residents, refugees and the homeless."

"Dean Baker, co-director for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says Washington should revive job programs for low-income youths as part of an economic stimulus."

"Test performance is influenced by many factors, and researchers controlled for characteristics such as school size, student poverty, race and ethnicity. Cornell said that in many instances, the level of bullying in a school mattered as much as poverty."

"A federal law called the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act calls for schools to help meet them, with the goal of keeping homeless youth in school,."

"The 2011 class is best prepared for college-level English courses, with 73 percent clearing the bar in that subject. Students are most likely to need remedial classes in science and math, the report says."