Poverty Puts Struggling Readers in Double Jeopardy
By Cindy Long When does a student transition from learning to read to reading to learn? Experts agree that third grade is the turning point. What’s troubling is that two-thirds of our country’s third...
View ArticleChild Poverty Rate Increases Across the Nation
By Tim Walker and Lance Fuller As the United States struggles to emerge from one of the worst economic downturns in history, the devastating effects of long-term high unemployment and increasing...
View ArticleReport: Black, Latino, and American Indian Students Facing Huge Barriers to...
By Kelsey Nelson Children of color in every state in the country continue to lag significantly behind their Asian and White counterparts in access to quality education and economic opportunities,...
View ArticleHow Are Children Faring in America? The Good and Bad News
By Tim Walker In 1990, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the first Kids Count report, an annual survey measuring the well-being of the nation’s children examining various indicators across four...
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