Large numbers of low-income children who begin formal schooling with many disadvantages - poor medical care, homelessness, an uneducated mother, for example - not only struggle with schoolwork but ...

Why do rich kids end up doing better than poor kids in school? Of late, one common explanation for this has been the “word gap,” or the idea that poor children are exposed to significantly ...

Too often, reform saddles poor children with an education that focuses on rote learning instead of the richer academic opportunities that would help them thrive, Alfie Kohn writes.

So, poor children may have a chance if we can assist their teachers to see kids as learners: ... “Matric begins in grade 1, and in grade R and in ECD [early childhood development] classrooms.

Children from those low-income families dominated classrooms in 13 states in the South and the four Western states with the largest populations in 2011, researchers found.

Children suffer in classrooms with poor acoustics A study has shown that high noise levels have an impact on memory, reading and numeracy skills. Emily Dugan. Sunday 22 May 2011 00:00 BST.

Children take part in a variety of activities with Edgewood Outdoor Neighborhood Classroom, spread out in the backyard of Jasmin Field’s Harford Square home , on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.