New study finds New Mexico has the highest rate of child poverty in the U.S., By Robert Nott, January 19, 2016, Santa Fe New Mexican: “New Mexico has the highest rate of child poverty in the United States, according to a new study by New Mexico Voices for Children, an Albuquerque-based advocacy group. In addition, more than 75 percent of the state’s fourth-graders are not proficient in reading, and nearly 80 percent of New Mexico’s eighth-graders are not proficient in math, the group said, based on its annual New Mexico Kids Count study. More than 25 percent of the state’s students do not graduate from high school on time…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty