scholarly journals Understanding Educational Outcomes of Students from Low-Income Families: Evidence from a Liberal Arts College with a Full Tuition Subsidy Program

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Stinebrickner ◽  
Todd R. Stinebrickner
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Subsidy Program ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Tuition Subsidy

scholarly journals Education Policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. R36-R43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Allen
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Teacher Recruitment ◽  
Traditional Curriculum ◽  
Coalition Partner ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Teacher Workforce ◽  
Education Markets

This article summarises the 2010–15 Coalition government's education policy, contrasting their attempts to liberalise education markets with the desire to impose a highly traditional curriculum. The government's quite radical reforms have not been easy to implement, taking place against severe budgetary constraints and a minority Coalition partner with ambitions to improve the educational outcomes of children from low income families. It could be argued that the reforms have been successfully implemented, and there is little prospect of wholesale reversal by any future government. However, their combative approach to reform leaves a demotivated teacher workforce, a possible impending teacher recruitment crisis as the economy recovers, and a tangled web of accountability structures that will need to be resolved.

Understanding Educational Outcomes of Students from Low-Income Families

2003 ◽  
Vol XXXVIII (3) ◽  
pp. 591-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Stinebrickner ◽  
Todd R. Stinebrickner
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Low Income Families

scholarly journals Evaluation of Financial Subsidy Program of Punjab Education Foundation for Increasing Students Enrollment and Retention in Private Schools in Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 528-537
Author(s):  
Rashid Iqbal Klasra ◽  
Afshan Huma
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
Subsidy Program ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Financial Subsidy

This study retrospects the idea of financial assistance program (school voucher program) proposed by Milton Friedman, lately developed by Peacock, Wiseman and Jencks. It examines the current education voucher program of Punjab education foundation designed for students of low-income families. The research aims to see efficacy of Public Private Partnership in school education in Punjab. It analyzes private schools choices for poor students through government financial subsidy program for basic education in Punjab. The financial subsidy program has become pervasive recently. The research was descriptive in nature based on opinions of Program administrators/Directors of Punjab Education foundation, Schools owners, Principals, teachers and parents related to private schools of Punjab education foundation. The results drawn through observation, questionnaires, interviews. checklists indicated that this program increases choices for poor families to enroll their children in schools of their preference because of quality, pedagogical approaches, affordability and geographical location regardless of financial barriers.

Children’s Development Accounts (Children's Savings Accounts)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Elliot ◽  
Melinda Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Savings Accounts ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Children’S Development

Children’s Development Accounts (CDAs) are a policy vehicle for allocating intellectual and financial resources to low- and moderate-income children. Unlike basic savings accounts, CDAs leverage investments by individuals, families, and, sometimes, third parties. By giving families savings incentives and building universal and progressive vehicles for saving, CDAs may improve the financial health of low-income families and the educational outcomes of their children, reducing or even eliminating asset advantages currently enjoyed by wealthier families.

Evaluation of a Subsidy Program to Increase Bicycle Helmet Use by Children of Low-Income Families

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia C. Parkin ◽  
Xiaohan Hu ◽  
Laura J. Spence ◽  
Katherine E. Kranz ◽  
Linda G. Shortt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Bicycle Helmet ◽  
Helmet Use ◽  
Average Family ◽  
Intervention Area ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Subsidy Program ◽  
Low Income Families

Objective. We have previously shown that an educational program was not effective in increasing bicycle helmet use in children of low-income families. The objective of this study was to evaluate a combined educational and helmet subsidy program in the same population, while controlling for secular trends. The secondary objective was to complete a third year of surveying children's bicycle helmet use throughout the study community. Design. A prospective, controlled, before-and-after study. Subjects. Bicycling children 5 to 14 years of age from areas of low average family income. Setting. A defined geographic community within a large urban Canadian city. Intervention. In April 1992, students in three schools located in the area of lowest average family income were offered $10 helmets and an educational program; three other low-income areas served as control areas. Main Outcome Measure. Helmet use was determined by direct observation of more than 1800 bicycling children. Results. Nine hundred ten helmets were sold to a school population of 1415 (64%). Reported helmet ownership increased from 10% to 47%. However, observed helmet use in the low-income intervention area was no different from the rate in the three low-income control areas (18% versus 19%). There was no difference in the trend in helmet use during the period of 1990 through 1992 in the intervention area (4% to 18%) compared with the control areas (3% to 19%). Helmet use rates from all income areas have increased from 3.4% in 1990, to 16% in 1991, to 28% in 1992. In 1992, helmet use in the high-income areas was 48% and in the low-income areas was 20%. Conclusions. There has been a trend toward increasing helmet use in all income areas during the 3-year period. Despite encouraging helmet sales and increases in reported helmet ownership, the results of the observational study do not support the efficacy of a helmet subsidy program in increasing helmet use in children residing in areas of low average family income. Strategies to increase helmet use in children of low average family income remain a priority.

scholarly journals Family Structure Stability and Transitions, Parental Involvement, and Educational Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Shana L. Pribesh ◽  
Jane Smith Carson ◽  
Mikaela J. Dufur ◽  
Yuanyuan Yue ◽  
Kathy Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Academic Differences ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

The family environments children live in have profound effects on the skills, resources, and attitudes those children bring to school. Researchers studying family structure have found that children who live with two married, opposite-sex, biological parents, on average, have better educational outcomes than children living in alternate family structures, perhaps due to higher resources, lower stressors, or different selectivity patterns. Socioeconomic stratification plays a major role in family structure, with low-income families seeing more instability. We argue that the impact of family structure is attenuated by transitions in and out of family structures that may decrease a specific resource important to child academic outcomes: parental involvement. This may contribute to increased academic differences already noted across class gaps. Using waves 1 to 6 of the Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) data, we examine the relationship of family stability and transitions from birth to age 10/11 years on parental involvement and educational outcomes, adjusted for resource, stressor, and selectivity covariates. We find that changes in parental involvement are only apparent for families that experience both a transition and single parenting, and that these differences in parental involvement impact academic outcomes.

Stratified Lives: Family, Illegality, and the Rise of a New Educational Elite

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-660
Author(s):  
LEAH SCHMALZBAUER ◽  
ALELÍ ANDRÉS
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Educational Mobility ◽  
Elite Education ◽  
Socioeconomic Mobility ◽  
Heavy Weight ◽  
Research Article

In this research article, Leah Schmalzbauer and Alelí Andrés examine the educational mobility of low-income US citizen and DACAmented youth who are members of mixedstatus families. Drawing from thirty life history interviews with Latinx students attending a top-tier liberal arts college, and based on ethnographic case studies of eight of their families, they explore what it is like to experience an elite education as a member of a socially and legally marginalized family. They found that their research participants' lives were stratified. While most thrived academically and were primed for individual socioeconomic mobility, they continued to bear the heavy weight of their parents' deportability, a burden that was invisible to faculty, staff, and most student peers. The authors contend that the invisible burdens and responsibilities associated with family illegality block students' full integration into the elite educational strata and cause stress and anxiety.

scholarly journals Impact of a free public transportation service for rural households

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Slamet Rosyadi ◽  
Shadu S. Wijaya ◽  
M. Husnul Maab ◽  
Zaula Rizqi Atika ◽  
Chamid Sutikno
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Food Expenditure ◽  
Subsidy Program ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Free Transport

The transportation service subsidy is intended to ease the burden of students from low-income families by helping with their need for mobility. The local government provides a transportation service expenditure budget annually to pay for the transportation services they require. Theoretically, the subsidy benefits the poor, although a study on the evaluation of the transportation service subsidy program is still needed to ascertain whether the program beneficiaries benefit from the program. This study used a survey method, and it deepened by the in-depth interviews conducted with 98 respondents. It used to obtain supporting information to pair with the survey results. The critical findings from this study are that the subsidy program has increased the rate of savings in terms of transportation service spending, and it has also reduced the burden of food expenditure among the poor. Better access to education services among the program recipient students reduced traffic congestion, and the enthusiasm for learning within low-income family students are also benefits. Another benefit is that the public transport drivers involved in the program get sustainable income certainty. The income of the recipient community groups has increased moderately compared to the non-recipient groups. However, saving on transportation spending does not contribute significantly to the burden of food expenditure for low-income families. The reason for this is that the free transportation subsidies received by the poor are minimal in terms of the frequency of coupon use. This study concludes that free transport subsidies in the short term can alleviate the burden on the poor, and in the long run, they can improve the welfare of the poor.

Demonstrating Nutrient Cost Gradients: A Brooklyn Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 244-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Karp ◽  
Gary Wong ◽  
Marguerite Orsi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Caloric Density ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Introduction: Foods dense in micronutrients are generally more expensive than those with higher energy content. These cost-differentials may put low-income families at risk of diminished micronutrient intake. Objectives: We sought to determine differences in the cost for iron, folate, and choline in foods available for purchase in a low-income community when assessed for energy content and serving size. Methods: Sixty-nine foods listed in the menu plans provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for low-income families were considered, in 10 domains. The cost and micronutrient content for-energy and per-serving of these foods were determined for the three micronutrients. Exact Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for comparisons of energy costs; Spearman rho tests for comparisons of micronutrient content. Ninety families were interviewed in a pediatric clinic to assess the impact of food cost on food selection. Results: Significant differences between domains were shown for energy density with both cost-for-energy (p < 0.001) and cost-per-serving (p < 0.05) comparisons. All three micronutrient contents were significantly correlated with cost-for-energy (p < 0.01). Both iron and choline contents were significantly correlated with cost-per-serving (p < 0.05). Of the 90 families, 38 (42 %) worried about food costs; 40 (44 %) had chosen foods of high caloric density in response to that fear, and 29 of 40 families experiencing both worry and making such food selection. Conclusion: Adjustments to USDA meal plans using cost-for-energy analysis showed differentials for both energy and micronutrients. These differentials were reduced using cost-per-serving analysis, but were not eliminated. A substantial proportion of low-income families are vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies.

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