Equal access to education is an important American ideal, yet for many years it has been unavailable to a large number of Americans living in impoverished commu

Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. According to

In The Working Class: Poverty, education and alternative voices, Ian Gilbert unites educators from across the UK and further afield to call on all those working

How low-income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty Could a lack of close, meaningful social ties be a public—rather than just a private—pro

Through a rich mix of essays, memoirs, and poetry, the contributors to The Poverty and Education Reader bring to the fore the schooling experiences of poor and