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Why do children who experience poverty often experience difficulties in…
Why do children who experience poverty often experience difficulties in education?
Children's bureau. (2019)
Poverty effects how children learn as well.
For starters, children who directly or indirectly experience risk factors associated with poverty or low parental education have higher than a 90% chance of having 1 or more problems with speech, learning, and/or emotional development
Also, kids who are experiencing poverty at home often have difficulties focusing at school. (You cannot learn well on an empty stomach!)
There are also often higher levels of stressors and issues that these young children are worried about after school, in addition to having to worry about completing their homework
Ferguson, H., Bovaird, S., & Mueller, M. (2007). The impact of poverty on educational outcomes for children. Paediatrics & child health, 12(8), 701–706.
https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/12.8.701
Children from low-income families often start school already behind their peers who come from more affluent families, as shown in measures of school readiness.
The incidence, depth, duration and timing of poverty all influence a child’s educational attainment, along with community characteristics and social networks
School readiness reflects a child's ability to suceed both adademically and socially in a school environment. Poverty decreases a child’s readiness for school through aspects of health, home life, schooling and neighbourhoods
A child’s home has a particularly strong impact on school readiness. Children from low-income families often do not receive the stimulation and do not learn the social skills required to prepare them for school. Typical problems are parental inconsistency (with regard to daily routines and parenting), frequent changes of primary caregivers, lack of supervision and poor role modelling. Very often, the parents of these children also lack support.
suffering from material hardship should not be underestimated
parents from disadvantaged backgrounds were not only more likely to have their babies born prematurely, but these prematurely born children were also disproportionately at higher risk for school failure than children with a similar neonatal record from higher income families
such of the achievement gap between low and high SES students could be related to their out-of-school environment
This result strongly supports the notion that schools play a crucial compensatory role; however, it also shows the importance of continued support for disadvantaged students outside of the school environment among their families and within their communities
Annals NY Acedemy (Patrice L and Maureen)
Primary education are intimately related. Poverty limits the chances of educational attainment, and at the same time, educational attainment is one of the prime mechanisms for escaping poverty.
The first is whether poverty should be defined in economic terms, or as part of a broader social
disadvantage.
many poverty researchers use a broader definition suggesting that "poor" means lacking not only material assets and health but also capabilities, such as social belonging, cultural identity, respect and dignity and information and education.
Children raised in low-income families are at risk for academic and social problems as well as poor health and well-being, which can in turn
undermine educational achievement.
Low-income children are at increased risk of leaving school without graduating.
Network has shown that children in chronically impoverished families have lower cognitive acedemic performance and more behaviour problems than children who are not exposed to poverty.
children in low-income families are at increased risk for both undernutrition and overweight,
often associated with food insecurity.
Low-income families often have limited education, reducing
their ability to provide a responsive stimulating environment for their children.
families who are poorly educated with poor decision-making skills may have more difficulty protecting their children from the effects of poverty than families who are better educated with rational decision-making skills.
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Fairly poverty impacts on every aspect of a child's experience of school from the earliest years of primary school.
The role of education in providing a route out of poverty.
children living in low-income families were more likely to be socially excluded
They expressed concerns about having the right
clothes, particularly for non-uniform days. Even when they had school uniforms, they
were concerned about having the ‘right’ shoes or trainers.
Many young people whose families lived in poverty were unable to participate fully in school life, because their parents simply could not afford it.
Poorer children often do not have the full school uniform and may be excluded from school trips due to lack of money.
The impact of poverty on educational attainment is well documented
The unambiguous link between social disadvantage and education performance is clear from the yawning gap in the performance of pupils in the most advantaged schools as compared with the most disadvantaged schools
There is considerable evidence of a link between areas with high levels of deprivation
and lower levels of educational attainment.