Poverty and EducationKelly Robinson

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VideoChildren in Poverty: This is Why The American

People are Fed up with this System

Children in Poverty: This is Why The American People are Fed up with this System.mp4.(2012, October 2.) Retrieved June 10, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeUrZ9qwDP4

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Statistics in 2013 45.3 million people living in poverty

The poverty rate for children under 18 in 2013 was 19.9%

19.9 million Americans live in extreme poverty.

DeNavas-Walt, Carmen and Bernadette D. Proctor. 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-249. "Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013." U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/demo/p60-249.pdf

Health and NutritionChildren in poverty are less likely to:

Exercise

Seek medical attention

Be prescribed appropriate medication

Eat foods with proper nutritional value Jensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-

leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

Vocabulary By age 4 children hear:13 million words in low-income families26 million words in middle-class families46 million words in upper-income familiesJensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

EffortStudents may:Seem unmotivated due to lack of hope for their future

Have depressive tendencies due to financial hardships

“I give up” attitudeJensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

Hope Mind-SetStudents in low-income families believe:

No hope for their futureThey are helplessWhy should I try?

Jensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

CognitionChildren in low-income families often: Perform below average on standardized tests

Have short attention spans

Easily distracted

Difficulty finding new solutions to problems

Jensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

RelationshipsRelationships between children and parents in low-

income families are:ChaoticStressedUnstableNot trusting

Jensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

Distress Made up of chronic and acute stress

Acute- normal part of everyday life (results from a specific event) Chronic- repeated exposure to the same type of stressors

Distress affects: Brain development Success in school Social interactions

Jensen, Eric (May 2013). How Poverty Affects Classroom Engagement Retrieved from: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may13/vol70/num08/How-Poverty-Affects-Classroom-Engagement.aspx

Why is this an issue?Growing number of children living in poverty

Jobs are becoming harder to find and more demanding

Everything is more expensive

How can we help?

https://www.asu.edu/courses/css335/rminfo.htm

• Positive role model • Encourage and support

students• Celebrate the small

milestones• Connect families to

resources for them to use