Mass School Closures Target Low-Income Children of Color

In the past several months, mass school closures have sparked anger, concern and disappointment in communities served by some of the nation’s largest school districts – and that was before the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign released a new…

All Kids Means All Kids: Sequestration Affects Communities of Color

Voices for America’s Children is concerned not only about the impact of sequester for all children and families, but especially for those most vulnerable to economic and educational challenges. Sequestration will have a devastating effect on all children nationwide, but…

“A Place At The Table” Looks at Hunger in the U.S.

An estimated 50 million people in this country do not know where their next meal will come from, and one in four of the hungry are children. The documentary film, “A Place at the Table,” chronicles the economic, social and…

Preparing Our Children for the Future

Every child in America should start school ready to learn. Under President Obama’s new proposal of universal Pre-K, significant increases in access to early education will be gained by four-year children of low- and moderate-income families

An Option to the Impending Sequester

With the March 1 deadline for the next fiscal crisis fast approaching, President Obama this week laid out his plan to avoid sequester, across the board budget cuts that are projected to have a devastating effect on children and families.…

Family and Medical Leave Act Protects Children and Families 20 Years Later

Today, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the law that gave workers the right to unpaid job-protected leave. Since its was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, the FMLA has helped workers…

Nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor in the workforce

Our friends at the Annie E. Casey Foundation today released a new report on youth and work in America. Alarmingly, it finds that nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor in the workforce.

The…

Florida sets lower education goals for some minorities

The state of Florida sets lower goals for many children of color under a controversial plan passed this fall.

The revised strategic plan from the Florida State Board of Education sets long term goals for reading and math…

State funding for education this year cut in 26 states

Public education continues to suffer following the recession, with 26 states states cutting their school spending, according to our friends at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The poor economy has a slowed state revenue, and most have…

How could cuts today affect the kids of tomorrow?

As the presidential campaign heats up, much of the debate has been over spending, debt and the role of government. Many budget hawks implore us to cut spending because of the debts we could leave to the next generation. We…