Related Reading and Links on The Impact of Poverty on Education

Resources recommended by Heather Weiss, Ph.D. of the Harvard Family Research Project

• Bryk, A. S. (2010). Organizing Schools for Improvement. Phi Delta Kappan, 91(7), 23–30. Retrieved from http://www.kappanmagazine.org/content/91/7/23.full.pdf
  
  
• Deschenes, S., & Malone, H. (2011). Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. Retrieved from http://www.hfrp.org/Year-Round-Learning
  
  
• Harvard Family Research Project. (2008). What is Complementary Learning? Harvard Family Research Project. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://hfrp.org/WhatIsComplementaryLearning
  
  
• Weiss, H., Little, P., Bouffard, S., Deschenes, S., & Malone, H. (2009). The Federal Role in Out-of-School Learning: After-School, Summer Learning and Family Involvement as Critical Learning Supports.Voices in Urban Education, 24.Retrieved from http://www.annenberginstitute.org/vue/summer09/Weiss.php

Resource recommended by Jane Quinn of The Children's Aid Society

• AFT American Educator, Summer 2009 - Focuses on Community Schools (PDF)

Additional Resources and Organizations

• Accept it: Poverty hurts learning: Schools matter, but they're not all that matters.by Pedro Noguera.
• Baltimore Education Coalition.
• Maryland Opportunity Compact
• New Directions for Student Support: A Comprehensive Learning Supports System. UCLA School Mental Health Program.
• Safe and Sound Campaign