Information below taken directly from

Mother’s Education and Children’s Outcomes: How Dual-Generation Programs Offer Increased Opportunities for America’s Children, Author: Donald J. Hernandez, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York http://fcd-us.org/resources/mother’s-educa...

"One in every eight children in the U.S. lives with a mother who has not graduated from high school. These children experience especially large disparities compared to children whose mothers have a bachelor degree. Key findings include the following:

Disparities separating children whose

(1) mothers had not graduated from high school, compared to those whose

(2) mothers had a bachelor degree

were, respectively:

• 53 vs. 4 percent for the official federal poverty rate
• 84 vs. 13 percent for the low-income rate (family income below twice the official federal poverty threshold)
• $25,000 vs. $106,500 for median family income
• 16 vs. 49 percent for reading proficiently (at grade level) in Eighth Grade
• 16 vs. 52 percent for proficiency in mathematics (at grade level) in Eighth Grade

The enormous disparities in well-being identified point toward the value and need for comprehensive Dual-Generation strategies that offer high-quality PreK-3^rd education for children, effective job training for parents that leads directly to well-paid work, and additional public services—such as health, nutrition, food, and housing—which enable low-income families to overcome barriers to success."