This article is focused on highlighting the many ways public school students can be hurt by the federal government’s efforts to dismantle of the Department of Education.

They have witnessed the failures of past generations and now bear the immense responsibility of rebuilding a better world. No ...

Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education isn’t actually a cost-cutting move; it’s an economic attack that will hurt girls ...

Louisiana was the only state to recover its pre-pandemic NAEP test scores in reading, actually improving on its 2019 results ...

Today, New Yorkers in need continue to depend on these charities for housing assistance, child and elder care, food security, education and employment training. Yet poverty on the Lower East Side ...

Highlighting the human impact, the report also examines the lived experiences of those in poverty, focussing on their cost of living, levels of savings and debt, food insecurity, health, and education ...

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McCormick argued that he was "absolutely not" agreeing with Brown's characterization of his statement as saying poor kids are "just sitting at home and not working." However, he argued that the ...

A new working paper from Dartmouth College researchers is providing yet more evidence that test-optional college admissions ended up hurting the very disadvantaged students the policy change was ...

Those initiatives aren’t specifically targeted toward poor children. The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. Become one. If the legislature agrees to redirect the money, Moore would have an ...

The official rate of Canadians 65 and older living in poverty is six per cent. But the number could be more than double that, new research warns.