New National Scorecard on Children’s Progress Shows Troubling Obstacles to Reaching Key Milestones

Voices’ 2010 KIDS COUNT Report Challenging Poverty: Supporting Families in Difficult Times highlights indicators of child poverty and family economic hardship

Voices’ policy brief builds upon our Bridging the Gap finding that because many out-of-school factors directly influence academic achievement, schools alone cannot address the problem of poverty and inequitable educational outcomes.

Bridging the Gap, Voices’ report documenting the poverty-based achievement gap in Vermont and recommending a two-pronged approach to eliminating it:

“Children and Environmental Toxins” explains why kids react to toxins differently than adults and lists the specific vulnerabilities that accompany each developmental stage of childhood

“Asking the Right Questions About Vermont Schools” follows the evolution of public school funding in Vermont since Act 60

“Changes to Vermont’s TANF Program” follows recent developments that are affecting Reach Up’s implementation and examines their implications for the future of the program.