Poverty, by America is Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond’s follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize–winning 2016 book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Where Evicted combined ...

A teacher works with a student on numbers in the Fort Osage School District. Many schools in Missouri invested in learning mentors and tutors after the pandemic began to help students academically ...

One of the four principal goals of the welfare reform of 1996 was to increase married two-parent families. The current welfare reform proposals advanced by President George W. Bush and recently ...

Unions are weak. Wage growth is non-existent. Plutocrats have all the power. And yet the myth that education is all we need to finally “fix” poverty persists. AlterNet education editor Jennifer ...

There is no question that educating girls is a prerequisite for eradicating poverty. Education empowers and transforms women. It allows them to break the "traditional" cycle of exclusion that keeps ...

In last week’s blog, I shared my understanding of the challenges facing a large and growing number of Americans who have been left behind by globalization and advancing automation. Many people wrote ...

How severe is the global learning crisis? Only a third of all 10-year-olds are able to read and understand a simple written story. Children attend class at a UNICEF-supported school in Mbandaka, in ...

The question almost stumped Deborah Smith-Olson, the chairwoman and CEO of Lake-Osceola State Bank. If someone didn’t go to college, what could they do for a living in Baldwin, a small town in the ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, April 6, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / — A powerful new memoir, Over 30, Still Learning: Adventures of Motherhood, Online College, The Journey of Hope, and Fulfillment To Up ...

Throughout my career, I have maintained one constant, overriding belief: Education is the ultimate equalizer, and the surest route out of poverty. Yet, our school system continues to fail students ...

Thanks to the endless media coverage of the upcoming Presidential election, there is no shortage of candidates talking about the plight of Americans facing tough times. Many even say we have a moral ...