//www.koonmotors.com/news/science_society/poverty_and_learning/ Read the latest research on the effects of poverty on learning, and what can be done to improve the situation. en-us Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:55:40 EDT Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:55:40 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/science_society/poverty_and_learning/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221117135603.htm Race- and ethnicity-based discrepancies in exposure to air pollution, especially regarding proximity to roadways and industrial zones, are well-established. A new study reports the first nationwide patterns in atmospheric fine particulate pollution and nitrogen dioxide exposure at U.S. public schools. Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:56:03 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221117135603.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221116085940.htm In contrast to what many believe, Swedish men and women with higher incomes have more children, new research shows. This pattern is particularly clear for men and grows stronger over time: the more money, the more children. But after four children, things change. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:59:40 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221116085940.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221115114015.htm Financial stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic took a distinct toll on adolescent mental health and contributed to depressive symptoms, according to new research. The study found the effect was most pronounced in low-income adolescents but also affected all income groups who experienced financial strain due to loss of income. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:40:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221115114015.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221012103205.htm Some assessment tools which measure children's thinking skills may have provided inaccurate information about poor, urban students because they are modelled on wealthier, mostly White, populations. A study of 500 children from high-poverty, urban communities in the United States found that one of the standard assessments for measuring children's 'executive functions' did not accurately evaluate these students. Executive functions are a set of key thinking skills like working memory and self-control and existing research suggests that children from poorer backgrounds have less well-developed executive functions. The new study provides evidence that design flaws in the assessments themselves -- which it has previously been suggested might exist -- may have influenced this conclusion. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:32:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221012103205.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220915104811.htm A significant number of people who have survived cancer are living in poverty, which can have negative effects on their physical and mental health, according to researchers. Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:48:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220915104811.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220420092124.htm A study which looked at data from 92,000 individuals born between 1921 and 2011, has revealed the achievement gap between children from impoverished family backgrounds and their more privileged peers has remained stagnant in the UK. Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:21:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220420092124.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/02/220214144045.htm If the UN Sustainable Development Goal to lift over one billion people out of poverty were to be reached in 2030, the impact on global carbon emissions would be minimal. That sounds good; however, the main reason for this is the huge inequality in the carbon footprint of rich and poor nations. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:40:45 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/02/220214144045.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211202141523.htm A research survey of primary school teachers in England has emphasized the importance of the relationship between parents and primary schools during lockdown school closures. 84% of teachers said they felt some pupils were disadvantaged by their home circumstances. Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:15:23 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211202141523.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/11/211123131419.htm Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households' greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found. Providing these services for free could reduce home energy emissions by 13.4%, and motor fuel emissions by 23.8%. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:14:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/11/211123131419.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/11/211116201536.htm Close to 10 million children in lower-income countries have never been vaccinated against any infectious disease. These 'zero-dose' kids hold a lesson for all of us, says a public-health expert. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:15:36 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/11/211116201536.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211005101900.htm Inequalities in income affect how well children do in maths -- but not reading, the most comprehensive study of its kind has found. Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:19:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211005101900.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210908062553.htm In a study of the nine largest U.S. cities, researchers found stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across neighborhoods. The study showed that high vaccination neighborhoods had more white residents, fewer people of color, higher incomes, and lower poverty rates. These high vaccination neighborhoods also had lower historical COVID-19 death rates, showing that lifesaving vaccines have been slow to reach the areas that were hardest-hit by the pandemic. Wed, 08 Sep 2021 06:25:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210908062553.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201204131328.htm 一项新的研究调查neighborhoo的角色d deprivation on COVID-19 in Louisiana has found that the more a neighborhood is deprived, the higher the risk for cases of COVID-19. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:13:28 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/12/201204131328.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/11/201112165831.htm School districts across the U.S. are increasingly using student test scores to rate the effectiveness of teachers, but a new study found that the scores have less to do with individual teachers and more to do with their students and the schools. Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:58:31 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/11/201112165831.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201005170832.htm Evidence-based programs known to reverse the negative effects of poverty are being widely neglected, according to a new report. Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:08:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201005170832.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200930085204.htm Residents of counties that experience persistent poverty face a disproportionately high risk of cancer mortality. Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:52:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/09/200930085204.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200806203656.htm A new study found that 77% of low- to moderate-income American households fall below the asset poverty threshold, meaning that if their income were cut off they would not have the financial assets to maintain at least poverty-level status for three months. Thu, 06 Aug 2020 20:36:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/08/200806203656.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/05/200526173830.htm COVID-19大流行已经放大了社会,艾德ucational and health care disparities already plaguing the nearly 40 million Americans the US Census Bureau estimates are living in poverty. Perhaps the hardest hit members of that population, say pediatricians, are children from low-income households. Tue, 26 May 2020 17:38:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/05/200526173830.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/05/200521102047.htm 'First-generation learners' -- a substantial number of pupils around the world who represent the first generation in their families to receive an education - are also significantly more likely to leave school without basic literacy or numeracy skills, a study suggests. Thu, 21 May 2020 10:20:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/05/200521102047.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/03/200330110333.htm In areas with the highest levels of income inequality, the poor are less likely to rely on their community for support due to shame or embarrassment, according to a new study. Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:03:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/03/200330110333.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191022121120.htm Introducing tablets and laptops to the classroom has certain educational virtues, according to one researcher, but her research suggests that tech has its limitations as well. A new study shows a decrease in academic motivation for students who participated in a technology-based intervention. Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:11:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/10/191022121120.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/09/190925115109.htm 学校服务弱势群体和少数民族的孩子们n teach as much to their students as those serving more advantaged kids, according to a new nationwide US study. Test scores speak more to what happens outside the classroom than how schools themselves are performing. Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:51:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/09/190925115109.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190725092553.htm Deaths from drug overdoses have risen dramatically in the United States over the past 20 years, and researchers seek to understand complex factors that may affect these deaths. A new study examined drug overdose deaths at the county level. It found that socioeconomic factors and segregation may have independent effects that vary by racial and ethnic groups. Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:25:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/07/190725092553.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190412085228.htm People can automatically assume that someone who gives less money to charity is less generous, according to new research. The assumption was made in the study when people had no knowledge of how much someone had donated as a percentage of their overall income. Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:52:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/04/190412085228.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190326105700.htm A new study demonstrates that reducing the number of debt accounts lowers the mental burden of the poor, thereby improving psychological and cognitive performance. This enables better decision-making. Hence, poverty interventions should be structured to improve psychological and cognitive functioning in addition to addressing the financial needs of the poor. Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:57:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190326105700.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/02/190226155008.htm By integrating the methods and techniques of economics and psychology, an inventive framework reveals how rising economic inequality can weaken the motivating belief that achieving socioeconomic success is possible, which reduces the likelihood that young people from low socioeconomic status backgrounds will engage in behaviors that could improve their chances of upward mobility. Based on this interdisciplinary approach, policy recommendations that would advance mobility opportunities are proposed. Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:50:08 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/02/190226155008.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190107150743.htm How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world's poor countries. Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:07:43 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/01/190107150743.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/11/181126123401.htm 一项新的研究,首次使用实际income numbers from two generations of Australians, reveals they do not easily move from low-income to high-income bands, however mobility is greater than the US. The analysis also suggests that family structure -- who you're married to, when you have children and how many you have -- matters when it comes to income mobility. Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:34:01 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/11/181126123401.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181029165555.htm Differences in how many extra years rich people live compared to poor people is only about half of what we thought, according to new research. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:55:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181029165555.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181025103300.htm Strong relationships between teachers, parents and students at schools has more impact on improving student learning than does financial support, new research shows. The study found that social capital had a three- to five-times larger effect than financial capital on reading and math scores in Michigan schools. Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:33:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181025103300.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181001190714.htm Attendance at a nursery/crèche staffed by professionals may be linked to better psychological development than being looked after by family/friends or a childminder in early childhood, suggests new research. Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:07:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/10/181001190714.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/09/180925075111.htm What if improving academic performance in some of the nation's most disadvantaged and lowest-achieving schools was as easy as planting trees in the schoolyard? It's not that simple, of course, but a new study suggests school greening could be part of the solution. Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:51:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/09/180925075111.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180821094158.htm A new study suggests that the disproportionate placement of racial minorities into special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social inequities outside of schools rather than racially biased educators. Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:41:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180821094158.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180803103324.htm In a novel approach to improving outcomes for children, a pediatric hospital worked with community partners to address neighborhood effect syndrome as a target for pediatric health care -- treating the neighborhood as a patient. Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:33:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180803103324.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180802115706.htm While data shows that the Affordable Care Act helped people across the spectrum, a study shows that those around or below the federal poverty line benefitted most. Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:57:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/08/180802115706.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180606093744.htm In one of the first studies to examine the effect of both socioeconomic status and neighborhoods on children's health, researchers found that living in higher opportunity neighborhoods may protect children from some of the negative health impacts associated with growing up poor. Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:37:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180606093744.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180604112630.htm A program that helps low-income parents prepare their children for school has benefits that extend beyond kindergarten and into into third grade, including performing better academically, acquiring better social emotional skills and needing fewer additional school services. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:26:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/06/180604112630.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/05/180524112356.htm A new study has quantified, for the first time, the relationship between lack of paid sick leave and poverty in the United States. The data indicates that, even when controlling for education, race, sex, marital status and employment, working adults without paid sick leave are three times more likely to have incomes below the poverty line. People without paid sick leave benefits also are more likely to experience food insecurity and require welfare services. Thu, 24 May 2018 11:23:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/05/180524112356.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/05/180524112343.htm A new study reports educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the health gap between most black and white Americans. Researchers say socioeconomic factors, mainly wealth and education, influenced the differences in health behaviors between the groups more than other variables. Thu, 24 May 2018 11:23:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/05/180524112343.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180308143218.htm Food insecurity occurs when people lack access to food or go hungry due to poverty or other challenges. It remains a serious problem for many older adults. Recently, a research team from the Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Colorado, designed a study to learn more about food insecurity and older adults. Their study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:32:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/03/180308143218.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180130123717.htm Participating in an intensive early childhood education program from preschool to third grade is linked to higher educational attainment in mid-life, according to a new study. Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:37:17 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180130123717.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180122110815.htm When families don't have stable housing, their risk of struggling with poor health outcomes and material hardships, such as food insecurity, increases, according to a new study. Researchers surveyed over 22,000 families and found that one third of low-income renters were housing unstable, which was associated with negative impacts on their health. Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:08:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/01/180122110815.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171109100421.htm The quality of the neighborhood where a child grows up has a significant impact on the number of problem behaviors they display during elementary and teenage years, a study suggests. Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:04:21 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171109100421.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171003144832.htm It's not uncommon for new parents to relocate in search of neighborhoods with better schools, safer streets and healthier, more kid-friendly activities. But a new study has found that living in such neighborhoods before a baby is born protects against the risks of poor birth outcomes. Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:48:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/10/171003144832.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170926105442.htm Preschool instructors appear to lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively teach their young students science -- a problem that is likely contributing to America's poor global performance in this crucially important subject. Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:54:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170926105442.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170915095248.htm 大约300000德州人生活在贫困的巷道er communities known as 'colonias' are facing substandard housing, lack of resources and exposure to toxic stress. New research finds these communities are also ill-equipped to face a natural disaster. Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:52:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/09/170915095248.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/08/170829124507.htm Excluding children from school may lead to long-term psychiatric problems and psychological distress, a study of thousands of children has shown. Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:45:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/08/170829124507.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170717150859.htm More children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession -- a troubling shift because children in these neighborhoods are a year behind academically. Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:08:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170717150859.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170714140435.htm A first-of-its-kind effort to examine the ecological drivers of rural poverty combines economic, ecological and epidemiological models. The lessons learned could inform interventions to lift people out of poverty. Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:04:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170714140435.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170712084747.htm There is a strong direct link between household income and children's outcomes, a new review of 61 studies shows. Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:47:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/07/170712084747.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170523124139.htm Despite decades of educational reform and legal efforts, many U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation, with 16 percent of public schools serving both minority and high poverty students. Tue, 23 May 2017 12:41:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170523124139.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170515111612.htm When African Americans moved to less segregated neighborhoods, their systolic blood pressure readings dropped between one to five points, reports a new national study. This is the first study to look at the longitudinal effects of living in less segregated areas on blood pressure and to compare the effect within the same individuals. The drop in blood pressure, likely related to less violence and stress, means fewer heart attacks and strokes. Mon, 15 May 2017 11:16:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170515111612.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170420134541.htm A newly-redesigned poverty risk calculator can for the first time determine an American’s expected risk of poverty based on their race, education level, gender, marital status and age. Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:45:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170420134541.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170414105818.htm Children from poor neighborhoods are less likely to have complex language building opportunities both in home and at school, putting them at a disadvantage in their kindergarten year, finds a new study. Fri, 14 Apr 2017 10:58:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170414105818.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170403123319.htm Most factors that help make schools successful cost lots of money -- think teachers, technology and textbooks. But a new study suggests one factor that doesn't need any cash to implement can play an important role in helping students succeed at even the most disadvantaged schools. That factor is what scientists call social capital. Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:33:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170403123319.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170323105810.htm Racial segregation is declining, but it remains higher for families with children than those without, a new study shows. Race appears to be a 'proxy' for school quality for many white families with children as they decide where and in which school districts they want to live, suggests a new report. Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:58:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170323105810.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170314111257.htm Concentrated poverty -- neighborhoods where 40 percent of the population or more lives below the federal poverty level -- is back on the rise for all ethnic groups in the United States, according to demographers. Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:12:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170314111257.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170313105852.htm A new study suggest that children with sensitive genotypes who come from low-income homes will be less financially successful than their same sex sibling without those genotypes. But children with those same genotypes from a high-income home would actually fare better economically as young adults than their brother or sister. Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:58:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170313105852.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170301105432.htm African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. But according to a new study, racial and socio-economic gaps in the proportion of children in Houston who have asthma may be a result of social inequalities in the neighborhoods where children live. Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:54:32 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/03/170301105432.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/02/170210084554.htm Older adults who live in poor and violent urban neighborhoods are at greater risk for depression, a study has found. Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:45:54 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/02/170210084554.htm