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The Burden of Poverty

A series on poverty in the schools and how it affects students’ learning. We examine the problems poverty creates for students and their families and the schools and strategies that are helping disadvantaged students succeed.

Nonprofit Helps Students Boost Test Scores, Confidence Through Free Private Tutoring

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Townline Elementary School fourth-grader Kadyn Toris has made huge gains in reading since he began receiving private tutoring at Streams of Hope. Since second grade,...

‘I’ll be Forever Grateful,’ Single Mom Says of Community’s Help

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
Flossie Bliss has a strong faith in God, but her faith in people has been renewed. The Cedar Springs single mother of four was astonished...

Migrant Students a Part of County’s Poverty Picture

Kent City School News Network
In Kent City Community Schools, where some 53 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, the usual problems of poverty persist. But...

Poverty Persists Out in the Country, Out of Sight

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
Nine-year-old Marisol is doing handstands and 16-year-old Rocio makes a peanut butter sandwich as their mother describes her dreams for them. “I want them to...

Beyond Reading and Writing: School Nurses Serve Main Point of Contact for Many Low-Income Students’ Medical Needs

All Districts Erin Albanese
Editor's Note: The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache is a continuing series examining the problems poverty creates for students and their families, plus the schools...

Dental Team Saving Teeth, School Days, in Districts with High Need

All Districts Erin Albanese
Editor's Note: The Burden of Poverty: A Backpack of Heartache is a continuing series examining the problems poverty creates for students and their families, plus the schools...

The Price of Poverty: Students Struggle to Overcome Families’ Financial Hardships

All Districts Charles Honey
Editor’s note: This month, School News Network launches a continuing series on poverty in the schools and how it affects students’ learning. We will...

For Most Students, Achievement Reflects Income

Kent ISD Charles Honey
The higher the poverty, the lower the test scores. That’s the general story of academic achievement in Kent County public schools. Further, students’ economic hardships...

Student Describes Experiences, Obstacles of Living in Poverty

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
Lee High School senior Jordan Lovett headed to cross-country practice after her final class of the day. Along the way, she stopped to listen to...

Principal Stresses ‘Education Is the Road Out of Poverty’

Godfrey-Lee Erin Albanese
As a child growing up in inner-city Chicago, Kathryn Curry had friends who were at school one day and gone the next, after their...
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