Helping Impoverished Students Learn
April 1, 2015
Students from low-income families are concentrated in particular regions and schools across the nation, and black students are more likely than white students to attend these high-poverty schools, according to a new report and interactive maps from the Urban Institute. In a pair of articles, Issues has examined what research says about how to improve the educational outcomes of impoverished students, including the need to address out-of-school factors that affect their academic performance.