The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, 27 percent of children in Louisiana lived below the poverty level in 2014. According to a 2015 report by the advocacy non-profit Child Care Aware, the average cost of center-based infant care in Louisiana—one of the four poorest states in the nation—was roughly $110 a week in 2014.

Primary Sources 82

Primary Sources Advocacy Government Education 82

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

Families who earn more than poverty-level wages but still live on a subsistence budget account for about 33 million American households, according to Laura Bruno, a spokesperson for United for ALICE , a research and advocacy organization focused on America’s working poor. Those standards are still fairly weak.

Government 137

Government Primary Sources Elementary School Humanities 137

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

But, while Alabama earned an A after revamping its standards, eighth-ranked Mississippi earned a C from the advocacy group, which rates state standards for inclusion of leaders, groups, events, history, opposition and tactics. In a 2014 report, the group said the state had improved somewhat, covering 50 percent of recommended content.

K-12 96

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 96