Poverty

Poverty can have an impact on students' chances for success in school. In this section, you can find research about the impact of poverty on education and strategies for closing the achievement gap between students of differing income levels.

1. Students living in tents to help the homeless (Education in the news)

2. The arts and achievement in at-risk youth: findings from four longitudinal studies (Report)

3. 2011 Report card on child and family poverty in Canada: Revisiting family security in insecure times (Report)

4. Poverty and inequality in Ontario schools, 2011 (P4E Reports)

5. New school for low-income students (P4E news and views)

6. Free money for your children’s post-secondary education (P4E news and views)

7. Newsletter P4E – Jan 2011 (Newsletter)

8. What a difference housing makes! (P4E news and views)

9. Growing unequal: A report on poverty (Report)

10. Review of the roots of youth violence (Report)

11. Investing in public education (Rozanski Report) (Report)