Resources
The U.S. Department of Education shares their findings and discusses the issues surrounding equal access to quality education. The article provides readers with statistics regarding dropout rates and also displays where money is being allocated.The findings of this article could best be used in bringing up the bleak reality of our education system to teachers as well as parents. This website could be used as a launching pad for starting conversations about equal opportunities in schools.
U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Equity of opportunity. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/https:www.ed.gov/equity.
U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Equity of opportunity. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/https:www.ed.gov/equity.
This post briefly discusses the multiple ways which poverty affects learning. Due to the fact that its contents address poverty’s effect on health and well-being along with development and family, this post’s contents would be very resourceful to not only educators, but parents as well.
Parret, W., & Budge, K. (2016, January 13). How does poverty influence learning? Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-does-poverty-influence-learning-william-parrett-kathleen-budge.
Parret, W., & Budge, K. (2016, January 13). How does poverty influence learning? Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-does-poverty-influence-learning-william-parrett-kathleen-budge.
This video illustrates how differently children are treated based on socio-economic appearance. First, a young girl stands alone on the sidewalk, she has a wealthy appearance; she has clean skin, nice clothes, and nice leather boots, but worry consumes her face. Nearly every passerby stops to ask this young girl whether she is alright, but the public’s eagerness to help disappears when this put-together girl is replaced with a dirtier and “poorer” appearing version of herself.
Hindustan Times. (2016, July 4). Unicef video exposes how rich, poor children are treated differently. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/bx4yv4oaieo.
Hindustan Times. (2016, July 4). Unicef video exposes how rich, poor children are treated differently. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/bx4yv4oaieo.
Reading Rockets. (2015, July 30). Mirrors, windows and sliding doors. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/_AAu58SNSyc
Rudine Bishop, the author of the article “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors”, explains the importance of children needing the opportunity to see themselves reflected in literature. Children need to see themselves reflected in books because it gives children the opportunity to truly grasp who they are. Books can also be windows. Windows allow you to see other worlds. Being able to view into other worlds allows the reader to formulate their own opinions. While the sliding door allows the reader to enter a world. This video could be utilized in the classroom at the beginning of the year to establish how literature can be viewed in relationship to the reader.
Reading Rockets. (2015, July 30). Mirrors, windows and sliding doors. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/_aau58snsyc.
This website is a compilation of lessons plans for all grade levels.Teachers can use these lesson plans in the classroom to address issues relevant to students. Each lesson provides tangible ways students can help tackle issues of malnutrition, help cultivate closer community groups, and emphasizes the need for helping hands. These lessons plans are free and available to the public.
Learning To Give. (N.D.). Unit: addressing poverty. Retrieved from https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/lessons-units?search_api_views_fulltext_1=hunger+%2b+poverty+%2b+november.
Learning To Give. (N.D.). Unit: addressing poverty. Retrieved from https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/lessons-units?search_api_views_fulltext_1=hunger+%2b+poverty+%2b+november.
“We Need Diverse Books” is a non-profit and a grassroots organization that advocates for the representation of all children, no matter their color, disability, economic status, etc., throughout the realm of Children’s Literature. The homepage of their website invites the reader to, “imagine a world in which all children can see themselves in the pages of a book.” This website is a viable resource for both teachers, parents, and most other child centered professions as it encourages adults to fill children’s bookshelves with diverse literature that reflects all walks of life, unbiased of all social stigmas.
WNDB. (N.D.). We need diverse books. Retrieved from https://diversebooks.org.
WNDB. (N.D.). We need diverse books. Retrieved from https://diversebooks.org.
A news report that discusses poverties effects on education as well as the positive therapeutic effects that diverse children’s literature has throughout students’ lives.
MSNBC. (2011, October 18). MSNBC - books help kids cope with poverty. Retreived from https://youtu.be/jpdn5n4mnk0.
MSNBC. (2011, October 18). MSNBC - books help kids cope with poverty. Retreived from https://youtu.be/jpdn5n4mnk0.