For Families, the Best Antidote to Poison Is Economic Security
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
By Margaret Stapleton, Senior Attorney
Backstory: In February, the Financial Times and then the New York Times reported on research showing that “poverty in early childhood poisons the brain” leading to lifelong impairments. Last month, the New York Times reported on the correlation between poverty and problems with education. Poverty causes families to move; thus their children change schools frequently. This disrupts not only their children’s education but also the education of all the other children in the school. This is bad news for all the children and for the schools struggling to meet federal No Child Left Behind expectations. (more…)
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