The extra staffing and resources help charters achieve one of their prime goals: interceding in the chaotic home lives of poor children to keep problems from derailing learning. (wacharterschools.org)
The federal welfare overhaul of 1996, which required many mothers receiving cash assistance to get a job, hasn't significantly improved the home lives of poor children, according to the latest results of an ongoing study. (edweek.org)
What would it take to change the lives of poor children — not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? (paultough.com)