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When High School–and Childhood–Is Cut Short in America
With a child poverty rate of 35%, 1 in 3 kids are growing up impoverished ... barrier that COVID-19 would present to students across America. Nearly 94% of America’s schools were forced to close their ...
Think you can survive at the poverty level? These students saw what it was like
Over 100 middle and high school students from across New Jersey came to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison on Tuesday ...
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Why America hates its children
and US newborns are more likely to grow up in poverty. Millions of children attend public schools that are literally falling apart. Children who are neglected — a loose term inextricably tied to ...
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In Rural America, the Silence of Poverty is Deafening
The children enrolled in our Early Steps to School Success program are among the most vulnerable in their communities, facing risk factors associated with low education achievement, such as poverty, ...
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‘One in 10 parents in poverty say their child has been bullied for being poor’
Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides ... “With nine children in every class of 30 ...
One reason it’s harder to escape poverty in America
But the truth is that poverty in the US is much more persistent than it is ... your early years — and things like the quality ...
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NYC school funding fight: Hochul’s budget plan faces pushback over $350 million shortfall
Albany budget deadline looms, a fight is brewing over New York City’s potential $350 million shortfall under Gov. Hochul’s ...
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Albuquerque Public Schools raises school poverty threshold for funding allocation
Albuquerque Public Schools is changing how it allocates federal funds designed to help ensure an equitable education for ...
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Your Voice: Banning electronics in schools, alleviating poverty (short letters)
It’s essential for us, Hong Kong citizens, to use our advanced medical services responsibly. On October 17, 1987, crowds gathered in Trocadéro, Paris, France, to honour victims of poverty.