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Being born into poverty negatively affects children’s behavior
Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.
This Paterson school struggles with high absenteeism, poverty — and potential gang threat
School 6 has the highest absenteeism rate among K-8 schools in Paterson. It serves a neighborhood with high poverty, a food desert and other hurdles.
Backing Trump’s funding cuts, Georgia Republican says children should work instead of getting free school meals
Republican Congressman Rich McCormick proposed in an interview that free school lunches be removed from schools and children ...
See 2023 poverty rates in 680 New York school districts: Search for yours
Twelve school districts in New York had poverty rates among school-aged kids of 30% or more in 2023, according to new ...
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Anti-poverty charities urge government to do more to address rising child poverty
Labour has promised to reduce child poverty and has introduced a new taskforce responsible ... For example, three-quarters have primary school-aged children, half have children under five, nearly half ...