Contemporary Issue

Poverty and Education

Steven Clark and
Melinda Dwyer
Ivy Tech Community College

INTASC Standard #2
Learning Differences
The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse
cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that
enable each learner to meet high standards.

Description
For this assignment, we discussed, researched and created this
PowerPoint on the issues of children living in poverty and the effects on
their education.

Rationale
To identify the issues of children living in poverty
And the effects on their education.

Poverty Guidelines
2014 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE 48
CONTIGUOUS STATESAND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA

Persons in
family/household

Poverty guideline

For families/households with more than 8

persons, add $4,060 for each additional
person.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

$11,670
15,730
19,790
23,850
27,910
31,970
36,030
40,090

Free and Reduced Lunches

State of
Indiana
Fishers
Elementary

Greenwood
Elementary
Indianapolis Public Schools

Teachers in High-Poverty
Schools Dont Teach To Their
Expertise
Math

All Public
Schools
High-Poverty
Schools

English

History

Physical Science

35.8%

33.1%

58.5%

59.1%

51.4%

41.7%

61.2%

61.2%

Source: Adapted from Dispelling the Myth Revisited: Preliminary Findings from a
Nationwide Analysis of "High-Flying Schools, by C. D. Jerald, 2001, Washington, DC:
The Education Trust.
Figure 2.9. Percentage of Teachers Outside Their Subject Expertise Assigned to Teach in High-Poverty Schools

Attendance

Children in Poverty
Cant Focus on Education
o
o
o
o

Worried about clothing.

Worried about food.
Worried of the home life.
Tired.

What is currently being done

to help students living in poverty.
Laws against truancy
Obama Healthcare Law
Free and reduced meals
Breakfast and lunch (reduced price & healthier)
Friday snack bags or serving dinner.
Summer and school breaks meals
Grants and Subsidies to attend school of choice
21st Century Scholarships
Online schools
Teachers and Councilors providing clothing
&/ or other needs to students of poverty.
Holiday Help for Families
Showers in the schools

What more can be done

to impact students living in poverty.
All State Universities
Provide Free Paid tuition for all
students!

Cash incentives for students

to attend high school and/ or
achieving good grades.

Free technology, healthcare, and

programs for individuals funded
by the Government.

Erase poverty by addressing

the causes of poverty.

The
The 2011
2011 Global
Global Monitoring
Monitoring Report
Report
suggested
suggested several
several policies
policies that
that can
can help
help reduce
reduce
the
the impact
impact poverty
poverty has
has on
on dropout
dropout levels
levels
Cash transfers to poor families, with eligibility linked to school attendance, can
help to counter the effects of poverty. Such a program has been successfully
employed in Mexico, where it both improved enrolment and average years of
schooling achieved.
Early childhood nutrition programscan ensure that children are physically
prepared for school. Children damaged by malnutrition are more likely to start school
late, learn less, and to drop out. In Kenya, for example, a relatively cheap deworming
program improved school attendance by seven percentage points.
Ensuring that schools have the necessary teachers, resources and
infrastructureis essential. Flexible timing of classes can also reduce the indirect
costs of sending children to school
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-theinternational-agenda/efareport/reports/2011-conflict
/

WHAT CAN WE DO
AS A TEACHER?
Have compassion and understanding.
Report if one suspects child is abused.
Have extra clothing and other supplies in
classroom.
Make sure there are plenty of healthy snacks.
Respect and try not to judge the adults in the
home.
Love and find the good in every child.
Praise him or her for their accomplishments.
Help raise and support the child. It takes a
village to raise a child-

A Quote from
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
Everyone has something good about them.
You have to find the redeeming quality and
love the person for that. How about Hitler,
what was his redeeming quality?
He loved dogs.

Reference Page
http://chaz11.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-education-reformers-ignore-poverty.html ( poverty & schools image). November 11, 2014
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/14poverty.cfm (Poverty Guidelines). November 11, 2014
http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/0bc70ce1-d375-4ff6-8340-f9b3452ee088/A-New-Majority-Low-Income-Studentsin-the-South-an.aspx (map of percentages), November 11, 2014
http://compass.doe.in.gov/dashboard/overview.aspx (Indiana Department Of Education Compass Pie Charts), November 11, 2014
*page 5 (Teachers chart).
*page 5 (Man teaching image).
*page 5 (Woman teaching image).
http://www.boldconversations.com/uncategorized/call-me-by-my-name/ (homeless child). November 11, 2014
http://nccp.org/ (Students attendance table & research information). November 11, 2014
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002299/229913e.pdf November 11, 2014
http://en.unesco.org/ November 11, 2014
Page 8 (child at dentist image).
Page 8 (Healthy food image).

Reference Page Continue

Page 9 (Cash image).
Page 9 (Technology image).
http://efareport.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/how-to-reduce-poverty%E2%80%99s-impact-on-education/ (erase poverty image &
2011 Global Monitoring Report). November 10, 2014
page 10 (Philosophy and infrastructure image).
http://www.great-quotes.com/quote/409645 & http://www.happinessonline.org/LoveAndHelpChildren/p12.htm (It takes a Village
Quote). November 17, 2014
http://www.ets.org/s/research/pdf/poverty_and_education_report.pdf November 10, 2014
https://www.childfund.org/The-Effects-of-Poverty-on-Education-in-the-United-States/ November 10, 2014
http://www.teachereducation.com/courses/classroom/effects-poverty-classroom.html November 10, 2014
http://www.apa.org/pi/families/poverty.aspx November 10, 2014
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/poverty/ November 10, 2014
http://www.education.com/reference/article/poverty-effects-children-parents/ November 10, 2014
http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-low-income-high-school-students-be-paid-to-attend-high-school-in-order-to-improvegraduation-rates November 10, 2014
Walls, Jeannette. (2005) The glass castle :a memoir New York : Scribner,