child poverty

The Florida Chamber Foundation hopes an interactive map will inspire business leaders to invest in areas where many children live in poverty and read below grade level.

Every morning at Dover Elementary, near the strawberry fields of Plant City, upbeat music used to blare from speakers outside the front gate. I first met…

Poverty has long been an obstacle to reading. A new program called the Big Plan aims to boost reading scores by giving extra, individual attention to a…

The percentage of children living in high-poverty neighborhoods in Florida has decreased 8 percent since the Great Recession, according to a new study…

Following the success of the 1963 March on Washington, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists set their sights on organizing another…

According to a new report, children's health in Florida has improved overall, but is still lagging behind when compared to other states.