Poverty

"It's the story of one man's attempt to systematically disrupt the cycle of poverty, and fundamentally alter the nature of childhood in Harlem. Fixing the schools is only a small part of the solution: Canada realized that it was also crucial to change the typical parent-child interaction, and so he developed a Baby College where new parents are given lessons on how to speak to their child in the supermarket. In other words, poverty is a culture, a contagious way of life, and not something that can be fixed with smaller class size."

"The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was designed to provide health insurance to low-income children and adolescents. Little is known about prior access to care and health care experiences of new SCHIP enrollees."

"To assess the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and late stage breast cancer using the cluster detection software SaTScan and U.S. census-derived area-based socioeconomic measures."

"Study objective: This paper addresses the environmental justice implications of children's health by exploring racial/ethnic disparities in potential exposure to air pollution, based on both school and home locations of children and three different types of pollution sources, in Orange County, Florida, USA."

"This research study intends to provide an in-depth analysis of the lived experiences of school-age homeless children in an urban, family emergency housing shelter."

"Title I has been the largest federal aid to education since 1965. Its intent is to help poor children attending high-poverty schools overcome their disadvantages improving their academic achievement. This research attempted to analyze how Title I funds were used on the school level within the No Child Left Behind legislation."

"This qualitative study sought to explore the parenting and attachment experience of single low income mothers who have attended a parenting education class."

"The Florida State Legislature and the Department of Education have generally addressed the 1997 recommendations of the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) for improving student performance in high-poverty schools. "

"According to the Rand Corporation, the most powerful predictor of personal and professional failure among children in the United States is not test scores, parental income, or parental education levels, but poverty. This article contends that the radical traditions of humanities can create a context out of which the poor can reinvent themselves and eventually transcend their economic limitations."

"Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of six core reading curricula on oral reading fluency growth, while appraising whether these effects differ by grade level and for children living in lower socioeconomic (SES) households."

"The writers describe a number of strategies to help the "near poor"--those whose incomes place them above the poverty line, but well below the middle class. These strategies involve expanding college access and other educational opportunities, ensuring the near poor have adequate health insurance, making work pay, helping near poor families save money, and investing in the communities of the near poor."

"Acknowledging the effects of socioeconomic disparities on student learning is a vital step to closing the achievement gap."

"Socioeconomic status is the strongest single influence on students' educational and other life achievements. In every country, where a child is born and raised has a huge influence on what they will be able to be and do."

There is much evidence regarding the consequences of poverty, but not enough commitment to action.

"Poor men's relatively constrained access to care, their environmental exposures, and their behavioral and attitudinal risk factors add up to a consistent and pronounced health jeopardy."