I was in Liberia in January and met a mother who supports her four children making concrete blocks. But her earnings are not ...

The number of students at comprehensive support and improvement schools grew between 2019-20 and 2022-23, an analysis found.

Many young people and adolescents in the capital of north-western Nimroz are forced to work while continuing their education in order to support ...

Pads have been handed over by the airline, which has partnered with independent charity the Digital Poverty Alliance.

Leaders and parents worry that a widening economic divide amid the current affordability crisis could amplify the role that ...

Most states maintained or slightly increased school funding levels from 2022 to 2023, but more than 10 reduced the percentage of money allocated to high-poverty districts — reversing a decade-long ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — How much access to opportunity Washtenaw County residents have varies depending on where they live, a new county index and map shows. The county Office of Community and Economic ...

Learning poverty remains one of the most urgent education challenges of the digital age, limiting millions of students’ ability to read, write, and fully participate in modern knowledge economies.

The government has published a child-friendly version of its poverty strategy. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson explains why.

From the river towns of the Northern Panhandle to the hollows of McDowell and Mingo counties, West Virginia is defined by ...

Gender differences in poverty rates in the United States may be associated with women's differing circumstances—particularly the burden of dependent children—rather than inherent to gender itself, ...

Fifty-seven days into the West Virginia Legislature’s 60-day session, lawmakers have done little to pull some of the state’s public schools from the brink of financial collapse.