EDUCATION

EDUCATION

How Socioeconomic Status Effects Educational Success

Poverty, Nutrition & Health Education of Parents Economic Status of State Dropout Rates Effects of Society

Poverty, Nutrition & Health

Poverty, Nutrition, & Health

Poverty babies tend to have lower birth weights than babies not born into poverty

LBW has been proven to effect language comprehension skills and visual recognition acuity

LBW children have consistently lower scores in intelligence tests

LBW children have lower motor proficiency LBW children tend to have more classroom

behavioral problems

Poverty, Nutrition, & Health

Children living in poverty: Get sick more often than other children Get hospitalized for longer periods of

time More likely to be injured due to physical

abuse/ neglect

Poverty, Nutrition, & Health

Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine conducted a study on the effects of poverty on the brain.

Poverty, Nutrition, & Health

They found that parents living in poverty experienced more stress and were less nurturing to their children.

The children living in poverty that lacked nurturing had less gray and white matter in their brains. Gray matter shows intelligence and white matter shows the brains ability to transmit signals to cells.They also found that the poorer children had smaller amygdala

and hippocampus than the wealthier children.The Amygdala is a structure in the brain that is linked to emotional health

The Hippocampus is a structure in the brain associated with memory and learning

Parental Education

Parents Who are Educated….

Provide opportunities for learning outside of school Know how to engage their children intellectually Teach their children to have healthy attitudes about

education Have little behavior trouble in school with their

children Have more academically successful children Have more confidence in their children’s academic

abilities Have higher expectations for their children

How Parental Education Helps

• Educated parents have more means to provide their children with the best education possible

• They invest in their children’s future because they understand the importance of education

• Educated parents have a lesser chance of raising their children in poverty

Parents can change the world one child at a time

Economic Status of State

U.S. Education vs. Other Countries

In 2009, The Organization for Economic and Co-Operation and Development conducted a study to gauge international student success. Even though we scored in the top percentile in comparison to the rest of the world, unfortunately it was apparent that our education system was insufficient in multiple areas.

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“The patterns are fully consistent with the view that the low average test scores of U.S. students largely reflect our extremely high poverty rate and our relative lack of attention to the overall well- being of our children. “- Helen F. Ladd

Income vs. Education

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2011-2012U.S. Average

2011-2012 Top Ranked States for Education

1) Massachusetts2) Vermont3) New Jersey4) Colorado5) Pennsylvania6) Rhode Island7) North Carolina8) Kansas9) New Hampshire10) New York

1) Maryland2) New York3) Massachusetts4) Virginia5) Florida6) Arkansas7) New Jersey8) Georgia9) Pennsylvania10)West Virginia

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2011 Top Income & Top Education Rank

Top Income & Top Edu RankTop Edu Rank & In Midrange 60% income StatesTop Edu Rank & In lowest 20% income StatesTop Income Only

* In 2011, none of the states in the bottom 20% for income made the top Education list.

2012 Top Income & Top Education Rank

Top Income & Top Edu RankTop Edu Rank & In Midrange 60% income StatesTop Edu Rank & In lowest 20% income StatesTop Income Only

* In 2012, Arkansas & West Virginia were the only low income states that made

the top rank for education. This was a drastic rise after both states ranked in the

lowest education percentile in 2011.

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2011-2012 Lowest Ranked States for Education

42) Nebraska43) Oklahoma44) Tennessee45) Arkansas46) Michigan47) Missouri48) Mississippi49) Louisiana50) South Carolina51) West Virginia

42) Arizona43) Oregon44) Idaho45) Nevada46) Alaska47) Montana48) Mississippi49) South Dakota50) D.C.51) Nebraska

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2011 Lowest Income & Bottom Education Rank

Bottom Edu Rank & Lowest 20% Income StatesBottom Edu Rank & In Midrange 60% income StatesBottom Edu Rank & In Top 20% income StatesBottom Income Only

* In 2011, none of the states in the Top 20% for income made the Bottom Education list.

2012 Lowest Income & Bottom Education Rank

Bottom Edu Rank & Lowest 20% Income StatesBottom Edu Rank & In Midrange 60% income StatesBottom Edu Rank & In Top 20% income StatesBottom Income Only

* In 2012, of the states in the Top 20% for income, only D.C. made the lowest Education list.

It is a rare occurrence for high ranking income states to be in the bottom percentile for education ranking.

It is a rare occurrence for low ranking income states to be in the top percentile for education ranking.

Even though a state’s income and educational success seem to correlate, there are other factors that can alter the success of our education system.

Conclusion for Income vs. Education

Drop-Outs

Dropout Facts

Average dropout rate of students living in poverty is near 31%

The rate of incarceration is 63 times higher than that of a college graduate

Number of high school dropouts per year are 3,030,000

Amount of money a high school graduate will earn more than a drop out is $260,000

Percent of US jobs a high school dropout is not eligible for is 90%

Why??

Six key factors Academic Difficulty and Failure Poor Attendance Being Held Back (retention or repeat

a grade) Disengagement for School Transition to a new school Other life factors (Family problems,

pregnancy, financial difficulties)

Dropout Rates

Effects of Poverty on Society

What is Poverty?

• Synonym Study: POVERTY, DESTITUTION, NEED, WANT  imply a state of privation and lack of necessities. POVERTY  denotes serious lack of the means for proper existence: living in a state of extreme poverty. DESTITUTION,  a somewhat more literary word, implies a state of having absolutely none of the necessities of life: widespread destitution in countries at war. NEED  emphasizes the fact that help or relief is necessary: Most of the people were in great need. WANT  emphasizes privations, especially lack of food and clothing: Families were suffering from want.

• Emotional Poverty: Emotional poverty suggests a depletion of emotional resources, an absence of emotional health and wellbeing, a state of lack rather than abundance.

What Living in Poverty is Like • Making excuses to not enter the lunch line with friends to avoid

them knowing you eat free lunch• Not talking to that girl/boy because they’ll probably just laugh at

your clothes• Hoping your kids don’t have a growth spurt• Hoping that nobody from your school is volunteering at the soup

kitchen you eat at on the weekends• Teachers assuming you don’t have any books in your home• Your best Christmas present was box of crayons and a $1 coloring

book from a community center Santa.• Off-brand and previously owned toys

“It’s just a way of life” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

poor-kids/ (watch first part, before the film actually

starts. –talk about the kids’ comments and what they face)

In ConclusionPoverty and education correlate with one another

We need to invest in our own education as wellas the children of this country

The more education we have, the less likely we are to live in poverty

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