PROFESSIONAL READING #2

Amal Ghanimah
Instructional Psych
Zawlocki

In almost every public-school setting, every classroom has students with a wide variety of

socio economic status. The article I chose is called Education and Socioeconomic Status on the

official American Psychological Association website. The articles states that Socioeconomic

Status (SES) affects our society and reducing the deep gaps in between classes would be

beneficial to everyone. The next part of the article addresses SES and Educational Issues. Being

from a low SES often correlates with early dropout rates and inadequate education. The article

then lists facts about how SES relates to family resources, the school environment, academic

achievement, and psychological health. Because this is a government website, the end of the

article has a list of ways that the reader can get involved and different links to their other related

pages. I think that this article was intended for not only professionals, but parents and the general

public too. This is because the article is easy to read and is accessible on a government help

page.

This article is very effective in showing evidence that students of low SES are often

neglected and are low literacy environments by listing many facts about different studies that

compare low and high SES areas and then sourcing the study. The overall purpose of this article

is to educate the public on what it means to be of low SES and why this causes students to often

not succeed in their education. The article states A teachers years of experience and quality of

training is correlated with childrens academic achievement. Yet, children in low income schools

are less likely to have well-qualified teachers. This article impacts my teaching because

improving school systems, the quality of teaching, and emphasizing literacy to not only students,

but parents and the community as well in low SES areas, can lead to a reduction in these risk
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factors for students of low SES. The quality of teaching can help combat everything else that

goes against students that are a part of a failing system.

Resources

American Psychological Association. "Education and Socioeconomic Status Factsheet."