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Annotated Bibliography Poverty in Relation To Education

Dillon, Sam. "Large Urban-Suburban Gap Seen in Graduation Rates." The New York Times.
The New York Times, 21 Apr. 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2016.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/education/22dropout.html?_r=0
This document takes a deep look at statistics that are more relevant to modern times. No
Child Left Behind, is briefly introduced and although this source is short in length, it is
depth in information pertaining to the gap between urban and suburban graduation rates.
One quote in specific summarizes the thesis of the whole article in saying This urbansuburban graduation gap has developed partly because teacher quality is not the same
from classroom to classroom, she said. So improving teacher quality is crucial to
raising graduation rates in these inner-city schools. I could use this article to support my
theory that people with more money essentially are subject to higher education, which
then leads to more developed lifestyle.
Krugman, Paul. "The Uneducated American." The New York Times. N.p., 8 Oct. 2009. Web
. 20 Oct. 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/opinion/09krugman.html
The Uneducated American provides the reader with knowledge about the little to no
education of Americans. Much of the article summarizes Americans in a general sense
rather than specifically singling out the black community. The misconception that
minorities are just African Americans, when in fact being poor and uneducated can affect
any ethnicity. I will use this resource to make sure I remain unbiased, increasing the
authenticity of my work while also speaking upon higher level education so that I have a

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range of educational institutions. The direct link between Americas economies in its
entirety to education across the country is well explained.
Lemasters, By Linda. "Disparities Between Urban and Suburban Schools." Education
Facilities Clearinghouse. N.p., 11 June 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.
http://www.efc.gwu.edu/library/disparities-between-urban-and-suburban-schools/
Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development of The George
Washington University, Linda Lemasters, educates her audience by revealing the
inequality of education despite its importance in todays society. The idea that inner city
children are disadvantaged in the sense that their teachers are low paid and inexperienced,
and the resources such as books and technologies is expressed in the text. The
environment in which some children are in are physically and visually are explained, to
enhance the complexity of uneducated children, specifically blacks. This could be useful
to me in the sense that I can personally relate to it. Not often do we hear someone defend
the conditions in which we live in and the effect that it has us.
Lippman, Laura, Shelly Burns, and Edith McArthur. "Urban Schools." Springer
Reference (1996): 228. Print http://nces.ed.gov/pubs/96184all.pdf
The National Center for Education Statistics created a publication for urban schools and
the challenge of location and poverty. In this document there is not only a non-bias but
also credible source of information pertaining to my topic. Throughout the text, one is
provided with the history of poverty and education related to economics, education
outcomes, student background characteristics and afterschool activities, and school
experiences from different point of views. This would be a beneficial source because it
not only provides the reader with an abundance of information but also different point of

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views. This variety and wide range of subjects are in depth evaluations of each of the
components of location and poverty in urban areas in relation to education. In order to
better understand this topic one will need to be educated on the many underlying layers
of poverty in relation to education and how inner city cities are perceived. There are
several small components that essentially are intertwined into a quilt of suppressed
possibilities of achievements.
Pelavin, S. H.; Kane, M. 1990. Changing the Odds: Factors Increasing Access to College.
New York: College Entrance Examination Board
https://books.google.com/books?id=a5Sor_yX2zoC&pg=SL5-PA5&lpg=SL5Africans and College Choice, The Influence of Family and School written by Kassie
Freeman is a book that analyzes the influence of family. A major discussion in this book
is the influence that family has on a child in the process of going through school. The
belief that all of the blame should be put on schools in the equal measure of the
household is evident throughout the text. This source would be beneficial to anyone who
is in belief that there should be a mutual relationship and form of communication
between the two. The possibility of each contributors flourishing in the extent that both
aim for the irreversible progress of children in inner cities trying to obtain higher
education appears in the texts multiple times.