Poor preschoolers get fewer chances than wealthier children to bring their prized personal possessions to school. That’s what I found in my two-year comparative ethnographic study of two preschools in ...

Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Why? The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self-image of ...

The California budget debate is about children as abstractions -- how will we fund their schools and the health and social services programs upon which they depend. A new report from the Public Policy ...

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...

Brad Wilcox is a distinguished university professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and lead author of a new Center for ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

SMART TERRACED houses line Lex Street in West Philadelphia. A few wind chimes dangle from white porticos. The tidy, suburban vibe is a stark change from a few decades ago. In 2000 the neighbourhood ...

Arizona taxpayers are funding $20 million in extracurricular activities like swimming, dance, and piano lessons through the state's universal school voucher program. The program, intended to help poor ...

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Poor preschoolers get fewer chances than wealthier children to bring their prized personal possessions to school. That’s what I ...