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Poverty and Potential: Out-of-school factors and school success

03.01.2009 | Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice | The U.S. has set as a national goal the narrowing of the achievement gap between lower income and middle-class students, and that between racial and ethnic groups. However, out-of-school factors (OSFs) play a powerful role in generating existing achievement gaps, and if these factors are not attended to with equal vigor, our national aspirations will be thwarted. This brief details six OSFs common among the poor that significantly affect the health and learning opportunities of children, and accordingly limit what schools can accomplish on their own.

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The Family: America's Smallest School

09.01.2007 | Educational Testing Service | Examines many facets of children’s home environment and experiences that foster cognitive development and school achievement, from birth throughout the period of formal schooling. The report stresses that we should think of strengthening the roles of both schools and families, that schools need parents and communities as allies, and that recognizing the importance of the role families play in no way lessens the need to improve schools. Full Report »

The Children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study Go To School

06.01.1999 | FPG Child Development Center | Spanning more than two decades, this landmark study shows the beneficial effects of high-quality child care last at least until age 21. Press Release »Full Report »

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