Low Income Students

Helping At-Risk Children Succeed in School: There's No Such Thing as Too Early

Anna M. Babin | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Child Poverty, Early Childhood Education, Helping Low-Income Students, Starting School Early, Low-Income Families, At-Risk Children, Childhood Education, Low-Income Students, Education News
Anna M. Babin

How do we help children from lower-income families achieve their full potential in school and life? One fact is sure: Start early.

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Paving the Way to Education

Trent Tucker | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: At-Risk Youth, All 4 Kids Foundation, Trent Tucker, Low-Income Families, All 4 Kids, Low-Income Students, Columbia University, Impact News
Trent Tucker

As much as I would love to tell kids to play sports to escape the lives they may feel predestined to live, it is education that is truly important. With that knowledge it does not matter where you came from -- just where you end up.

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Three Groups of People You Must Know to Succeed in College and Beyond

Isa Adney | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Community Colleges, College, Professors, Community College Success, Linkedin, Facebook, Education, Success Strategies, StudentMentor.Org, Career Advice, Students, Low-Income Students, College News
Isa Adney

The truth is: people are the answer to success in any area -- especially college. In order to succeed you must know how to cultivate your community.

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How One College Is Fighting To Keep Its Students

WSJ | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Student Loans, College, Low-Income Students, Anne Arundel College Community College, Business News

Getting to college is only the beginning. As Washington debates what to do about crippling student loan debt, simply staying in school is a problem...

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Prince Edward To See Much Changed At School For Low-Income Students Since Great-Great Grandfather

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Prince Edward Visit Girard College, Stem, Royal Family, Philadelphia School, King Edward VIII, Boarding School, School Fundraising, Education, School Budget, Girard College, Prince Edward, British Royal Family, Autumn Adkin Graves, Robotics, Low Income Students, Prince of Wales, STEM Education, Video, Education News

PHILADELPHIA -- When the future King Edward VII visited Girard College in 1860, the boarding school for underprivileged students served about 860 whit...

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Bringing It Home

Harriet Sanford | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Education Budget Cuts, Low-Income Schools, Elementary School, Education Reform, School Rankings, Parenting, School Budget Cuts, Elementary School Teachers, Low-Income Students, Education News
Harriet Sanford

The NEA Foundation and others are harnessing the power of parents in low-income schools through a transformative way of promoting involvement: school-sponsored home visits by teachers.

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The Milestone That Matters Most

José Cruz | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, College Affordability, College, Economic Mobility, United States Education System, U.S. Census, Low-Income, Higher Education, Low-Income Students, College News
José Cruz

We'll never regain our global edge if we don't close the domestic gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from their peers. The challenge is daunting. But the strategies and tactics to reverse these dangerous trends are well-known, if not yet widely practiced.

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If a Parent Who Reads to Her Child is "Good," is One Who Doesn't "Bad?"

Gregory Michie | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Education, Literacy, Low Income Families, Poverty, Teaching, Teacher Education, Reading, Low Income Student Education, Low-Income Students, Education News
Gregory Michie

If you're a parent struggling to make ends meet, you're probably going to choose to spend $1.99 for a gallon at Aldi rather than $6.99 for organic at Whole Foods. Does that mean you don't care as much about the health of your child?

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The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class

Steve Mariotti | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: State of the Union, Education, Owner-Entrepreneurship Education, Class Warfare, Middle Class Economy, Low-Income, Income Inequality, Middle Class, Entrepreneurs, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union 2012, Entrepreneurship, Low-Income Students, Education News
Steve Mariotti

Most of our national education efforts seek to teach low-income youth to become better workers. Why aren't we also teaching them how to own? If entrepreneurship is the engine of the American economy, why aren't we raising more creative entrepreneurs?

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School Lunches To Become Healthier With Veggies And Whole Grains

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Pizza Vegetable, Usda, Agriculture Department, Tomato Paste Vegetable, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Barack Obama, Healthier School Lunches, Tom Vilsack, Michelle Obama, Healthy School Lunches, Pizza in Schools, School Lunches, Child Nutrition, Low-Income Students, Video, Education News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings – including the always p...

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Educators Alarmed: Black, Latino Students Perform at Levels of 30 Years Ago

| Teresa Wiltz | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Video, Education, Minority Students Education, Minority Students, Black Students, Applied Research Center, Achievement Gap, Education Trust, Poor Students, Minority Student Achievement Gap, Latino Student Performance, Black Student Performance, Latino Students, Low-Income Students, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of America's Wire. WASHINGTON —- Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and whi...

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The Nation's Young Hit Hard By Recession, Squeezed Out Of Early Education

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: New York Schools, Public Pre-K, Washington D.C. Schools, Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators, Public Pre-Kindergarten, FPG Child Development Institute, Alliance for Quality Education, District of Columbia, Eliot Spitzer, New York Education, Early Education, National Institute for Early Education, Chester Finn, Prekindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Pre-K, d.c. Schools, Head Start Program, Low-Income Students, Education News

WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shr...

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State Graduation Rate Improves, 20% Still Fail To Finish In 4 Years

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Suburban Schools, High School Graduation, Connecticut Schools, Graduation Rates, Stefan Pryor, Connecticut High Schools, Connecticut Department of Education, Connecticut Public Schools, Low-Income Students, High School Graduation Rates, Education News

HARTFORD, Conn. — State education officials say Connecticut's high school graduation rate improved in 2010, but nearly 1 in 5 students failed to...

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Mentorship & Motivation

Shadi Bushra | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Mentorship, High School, Stanford University, College, Low-Income Students, Mentoring, Impact News
Shadi Bushra

I usually don't like thinking of myself as a role model. At first glance it seems like voluntarily taking on more responsibility. But as my mom likes to remind me whenever I'm home, being a role model isn't even close to optional.

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Improved Literacy Could Save Health Care

Brock Cohen | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: School Reform, Public Schools, Standardized Test Scores, Poverty, Obamacare, Health Care, Education Reform, Low Income Students, Education News
Brock Cohen

Not surprisingly, gaps in literacy lead to wholesale academic failure -- a pattern that repeats itself over generations. The conditions of poverty that beset families hinder literacy and academic growth; conversely, academic failure spawns more poverty -- and so on.

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School Vouchers: No Clear Advantage in Academic Achievement

Jack Jennings | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Florida, Academic Achievement, Equity, Private Schools, Milwaukee-Wisconsin, Washington DC, Cleveland-Ohio, Center on Education Policy, Tuition Vouchers, Low-Income Students, School Vouchers, Education News
Jack Jennings

If vouchers don't lead to higher achievement for low-income students -- and test scores suggest they do not -- then that removes a major educational rationale for voucher programs.

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Keep Hope Alive and Give Low-Income Students a Chance!

Ken Blackwell | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, National Bureau of Economic Research, Act Test, Low-Income Students, Education News
Ken Blackwell

Standardized tests level the playing field among students from diverse backgrounds and guard against grade inflation. But what if the test doesn't serve that purpose or worse, skews the perception of a student's ability?

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Growing Rejection of Underrepresentation in Higher Education Institutions: NYU's Bold Move for Low-Income Students

Shai Reshef | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Disadvantaged Youth, University of the People, Low-Income Students, Poverty, Education, New York University, College News
Shai Reshef

No matter how bright an individual is, obtaining a ticket to a decent job and worldwide exposure via education is a bleak prospect for millions around the world -- until now.

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"Giving a Year to Change the World, One Student at a Time"

Hahn Chang | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: City Year, Tutoring, At-Risk Youth, Education, ESL Students, Low Income Students, City Year Los Angeles, Los Angeles Public Schools, Los Angeles News
Hahn Chang

City Year is not about a magic potion to cure all of our students' problems in a night. Instead it is about showing up everyday to the schools, believing in our students and working tirelessly to help them succeed.

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Only 5 Schools Do Right By Low-Income Students, Study Finds (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Colleges That Do Right by Low Income Students, Unc-Greensboro, Baruch College, Low-Income-Students, Cal State Fullerton, Slidepollajax, Queens College, Cal State Long Beach, Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Trust, 5 Colleges That Do Well by Low Income Students, 5 Colleges Do Right by Low Income Students, College News

According to a recent study, only 5 colleges are doing well by low-income students, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Wednesday. Th...

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Children Who Lose Out On Summer Learning, Lose Out

Jennifer Peck | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Education, Schools, Summer Learning, Summer Learning Loss, Low-Income Students, Summer School, Children, Education News
Jennifer Peck

While many families are planning summers filled with educationally-enriching activities for their kids, the vast majority of low-income children in the U.S. lack access to summer learning opportunities.

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Rationing Knowledge: The 'College for Some' Movement

Kati Haycock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Access and Success in Higher Education, College Completion Rates, College Graduation Rate, Unemployment Rate, College-and-Career-Readiness, Low-Income-Students, Minority Students, Global Competitiveness, Education News
Kati Haycock

This is America. We should be committed to expanding knowledge and opportunities for all, not just the chosen few.

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Per Scholas, Nonprofit, Recycles Old Computers To Give Low Income Students A New Chance To Learn

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Per Scholas, Low Income Students, School Computers, New York City, Computers, Video, Impact News

New York-based nonprofit Per Scholas refurbishes used computers and donates them to low income middle school students -- an entire school at a time. T...

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