Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development’s Claudia Coulton, Robert Fischer awarded grant

Housing conditions may affect how well children do in school

The Plain DealerClaudia Coulton and Robert Fischer, co-directors of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, were awarded a two-year, $300,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to research how neighborhood conditions affect academic performance in children.