Poverty, not bad teachers, is the main reason for poor test scores in schools. The Coleman Report in 1966 showed the relationship between economic advantage and student achievement. Sean Reardon, of ...

Scrapping the controversial two-child benefit limit would reduce child poverty but not necessarily help with a youngster’s early development and their readiness for school, a new report has suggested.

The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up. This year, 11 states either created a state-level child ...

UNICEF works with governments and other partners to address the impacts of poverty on children and to mitigate poverty-related risks to their health, education and well-being. A look at recent and ...

Republicans and Democrats both acknowledge the erosion of the middle class. They differ on solutions to the problem. Left out of the public discourse discussion are the poor who, both parties seem to ...

The UK government’s reliance on employment growth to tackle child poverty will fail to deliver the reductions needed, unless it is backed by the removal of the controversial two-child limit and the ...

The policy has caused more than 1.6 million children living in affected households to be deprived of income, pushing child poverty to record highs. It has ...

Last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, child poverty in America more than doubled. This steep increase, which was accompanied by a general rise in poverty among all age ...

The policy, introduced under the Tories, means parents can only claim universal credit for their first two children.

THE Labour government of Sir Keir Starmer has chosen to leave millions of children languishing in poverty, the SNP has ...

Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is important for boosting cognition and mental well-being. Good brain health at this age is directly linked to better mental heath, ...