Poverty

What does the research say?

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

2. 2011 Report card on child and family poverty in Canada: Revisiting family security in insecure times

3. Poverty and inequality in Ontario schools, 2011

4. Growing unequal: A report on poverty

5. Review of the roots of youth violence

6. Investing in public education (Rozanski Report)