scholarly journals Education Policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. R36-R43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Allen
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Teacher Recruitment ◽  
Traditional Curriculum ◽  
Coalition Partner ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Teacher Workforce ◽  
Education Markets

This article summarises the 2010–15 Coalition government's education policy, contrasting their attempts to liberalise education markets with the desire to impose a highly traditional curriculum. The government's quite radical reforms have not been easy to implement, taking place against severe budgetary constraints and a minority Coalition partner with ambitions to improve the educational outcomes of children from low income families. It could be argued that the reforms have been successfully implemented, and there is little prospect of wholesale reversal by any future government. However, their combative approach to reform leaves a demotivated teacher workforce, a possible impending teacher recruitment crisis as the economy recovers, and a tangled web of accountability structures that will need to be resolved.

Understanding Educational Outcomes of Students from Low-Income Families

2003 ◽  
Vol XXXVIII (3) ◽  
pp. 591-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Stinebrickner ◽  
Todd R. Stinebrickner
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Low Income Families

Children’s Development Accounts (Children's Savings Accounts)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Elliot ◽  
Melinda Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Savings Accounts ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Children’S Development

Children’s Development Accounts (CDAs) are a policy vehicle for allocating intellectual and financial resources to low- and moderate-income children. Unlike basic savings accounts, CDAs leverage investments by individuals, families, and, sometimes, third parties. By giving families savings incentives and building universal and progressive vehicles for saving, CDAs may improve the financial health of low-income families and the educational outcomes of their children, reducing or even eliminating asset advantages currently enjoyed by wealthier families.

scholarly journals Family Structure Stability and Transitions, Parental Involvement, and Educational Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Shana L. Pribesh ◽  
Jane Smith Carson ◽  
Mikaela J. Dufur ◽  
Yuanyuan Yue ◽  
Kathy Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Academic Differences ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

The family environments children live in have profound effects on the skills, resources, and attitudes those children bring to school. Researchers studying family structure have found that children who live with two married, opposite-sex, biological parents, on average, have better educational outcomes than children living in alternate family structures, perhaps due to higher resources, lower stressors, or different selectivity patterns. Socioeconomic stratification plays a major role in family structure, with low-income families seeing more instability. We argue that the impact of family structure is attenuated by transitions in and out of family structures that may decrease a specific resource important to child academic outcomes: parental involvement. This may contribute to increased academic differences already noted across class gaps. Using waves 1 to 6 of the Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) data, we examine the relationship of family stability and transitions from birth to age 10/11 years on parental involvement and educational outcomes, adjusted for resource, stressor, and selectivity covariates. We find that changes in parental involvement are only apparent for families that experience both a transition and single parenting, and that these differences in parental involvement impact academic outcomes.

Demonstrating Nutrient Cost Gradients: A Brooklyn Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 244-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Karp ◽  
Gary Wong ◽  
Marguerite Orsi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Caloric Density ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Introduction: Foods dense in micronutrients are generally more expensive than those with higher energy content. These cost-differentials may put low-income families at risk of diminished micronutrient intake. Objectives: We sought to determine differences in the cost for iron, folate, and choline in foods available for purchase in a low-income community when assessed for energy content and serving size. Methods: Sixty-nine foods listed in the menu plans provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for low-income families were considered, in 10 domains. The cost and micronutrient content for-energy and per-serving of these foods were determined for the three micronutrients. Exact Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for comparisons of energy costs; Spearman rho tests for comparisons of micronutrient content. Ninety families were interviewed in a pediatric clinic to assess the impact of food cost on food selection. Results: Significant differences between domains were shown for energy density with both cost-for-energy (p < 0.001) and cost-per-serving (p < 0.05) comparisons. All three micronutrient contents were significantly correlated with cost-for-energy (p < 0.01). Both iron and choline contents were significantly correlated with cost-per-serving (p < 0.05). Of the 90 families, 38 (42 %) worried about food costs; 40 (44 %) had chosen foods of high caloric density in response to that fear, and 29 of 40 families experiencing both worry and making such food selection. Conclusion: Adjustments to USDA meal plans using cost-for-energy analysis showed differentials for both energy and micronutrients. These differentials were reduced using cost-per-serving analysis, but were not eliminated. A substantial proportion of low-income families are vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies.

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