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In this program from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, panelists talked about how education and poverty affect black Americans in modern society.

The purpose of "education for poverty alleviation" is to enable all children to acquire the skills and knowledge to benefit their families and change their destinies.

As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has sharply increased in low- and middle-income countries, with 64 percent of children estimated to ...

A new feature film that debuted in U.S. theaters this week explores the link between improving education for girls in poor countries around the globe and the battle against poverty.

While a new United Nations study shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school, data show high out-of-school rates in many countries, making ...

Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Commission on ...

Socioeconomic status (SES) is based on factors such as family income, parents’ education and neighborhood poverty. A low SES in childhood is associated with poor outcomes in adulthood across ...

Students who learned from home fared worse than those in classrooms, and older students are recovering much more slowly than younger children.