Unfortunately, most low-income African American and Hispanic children cannot access the kinds of transformative educational opportunities necessary to put them on a path to college and, eventually, out of poverty and into the middle class. Nationally, onl

"Being labeled ‘at risk' is like being voted least likely to succeed. For where there is no faith in your future success, there is no real effort to prepare you for it," says Carol Brunson Day, one of the many experts to contribute commentary to…

In this commentary, Liz Ben-Ishai explains the importance of San Francisco's law providing flexible work arrangements.

Workers who are caregivers to children or other dependents often face considerable hardships as they try to meet their caregiving obligations while performing their jobs. In San Francisco, workers will soon have a potential avenue to address these issues.

Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start (EHS) provide poor children and their families with vitally important early education and family support services.

On September 30, CLASP submitted comments to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in response to their letter soliciting recommendations on how to improve the mental health system.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its world report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), comparing the skill levels of adult workers across 24 developed countries.

On October 1, 2013, Affordable Care Act health insurance markets opened, beginning the enrollment period.

A recent National Bureau of Economic Research report examines the impact of student eligibility for a need-based state grant program in Florida on student outcomes by comparing eligible recipients to those just below the income eligibility cutoff.

Direct care workers who provide home care assistance to older adults and people with illnesses and disabilities xe2x80" have long been excluded from minimum wage and overtime protections enjoyed by most other classes of workers.