Schools alone 'cannot help poor'
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Schools alone cannot improve the achievement of pupils from poor backgrounds, a report says.
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Encouraging lone parents back to work would lift 500,000 children out of poverty, says a report.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Voucher proponents say the universal private school voucher program is skewed to help low-income students, but critics say the program will help only middle- to upper-class families and could promote segregation.
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Vulnerable youngsters expelled from schools in England are being doubly disadvantaged, say inspectors.
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People suffering mental health problems are being failed by poor access to key community services, a watchdog says.
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Life & style: Â£42m scheme has failed to improve health of children.
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Some bullying victims are being excluded because teachers cannot protect them, MPs have been told.
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The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation takes in dropouts and delinquents that other schools can't reach, but now faces a crisis of its own - no funding.
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The state is failing children in its care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.
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By Brock Vergakis Associated Press  Private school vouchers are often touted as a way to level the educational playing field for less-affluent families, particularly minorities living in poverty.
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A top government adviser says about 80,000 children go to underperforming secondary schools each year.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: That members have not delivered on Gleneagles is not in doubt. But Make Poverty History made aid delivery seem too simple.
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Steps to improve early years education made by the government are making no impact, research suggests.
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Low education standards have led to a vast shortage of qualified workers.
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Cheap drugs will not control the world's spiralling rates of HIV alone and poverty must be tackled, a charity warns.
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Disadvantaged children lagging a full year behind before they start school.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.