A report commissioned by the Liberal Democrats found that a child's chances of success in life are largely dependent on their parents' income and background. Only a third of children eligible for free school meals go on to achieve good GCSE scores, compared to two-thirds of children who are ineligible. The proportion of poor children attending university has increased by just 3% under Labour, compared to 26% for wealthier families. The report argues more investment is needed to provide equal opportunities for disadvantaged children.
This newsletter article summarizes the proposed Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017 and analyzes its potential impacts. This is one of many weekly policy updates I published for the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.
This newsletter article summarizes the proposed Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017 and analyzes its potential impacts. This is one of many weekly policy updates I published for the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.
Drug abuse is a growing concern in Bangladesh. An effort to combine Public Private Partnership in trying to address and find out a solution to drug abuse in Bangladesh.
The income gap between college graduates and individuals without a college education has never been wider. According to one estimate, A college educated person stands to earn $570,000 more throughout their lifetime than an individual with only a high school diploma. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the unemployment rate for 25-year-olds without a degree is more than double the unemployment rate for college graduates of the same age. But in order to reap the economic rewards of a college education, many Americans must first find a way to afford one. That means working through a system of educational tax credits and student loans. But is this system really achieving it's goal of making college more accessible?
Gender Equality is when people of all genders have equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities. The main goal of gender equality is for women and men must enjoy equal opportunities, choices, capabilities, power and knowledge as equal citizens.
Partnering with America's Promise Alliance to sponsor a summit, bringing together agencies, business, organizations to improve the success of 10 - 14 year old children to achieve readiness for college, work and life.
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Jeffery L. Pieters
Professor Lycan
First Year Writing Seminar EN106
02 April 2020Is Income Inequality To Blame For Poor Student Test Scores?
Studies ranging from psychology to economics all indicate that early childhood education and development are vital to the success of a child in all aspects of life, regardless of their socioeconomic status. Despite the reality that children from disadvantaged households often face more challenges and have lower test scores, publicly funded programs can have a significant and measured effect on success. Lawmakers have the responsibility to shape fiscal policy in order to bridge the gaps that face our nation's “persistently disadvantaged.” Although I agree that eligibility to qualify for free or reduced school meals is a poor measure of a student's actual needs as Susan Dynarski points out, it is important to extend these ideas to include access to quality early childhood education programs.
“A closer look reveals that the standard measure of economic disadvantage whether a child is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch in school masks the magnitude of the learning gap between the richest and poorest children.” (Greene, Kindle Locations 11218-11220). This gap is an important aspect of the disparity in which money is distributed to schools as it can be misconstrued to divide the money based on numbers instead of actual need. The disadvantaged children are those who are in the most need for assistance both monetarily and educationally and these funds should be focused on their needs specifically instead of a school as a whole generically, though there is likely no easy way to focus this money in a specific manner. One possible way to address this need is to provide assistance and education to all children across the nation from birth regardless of financial need. Studies for years have shown that children who attend preschool are more likely to be successful throughout elementary and high school, and early childhood brain development increases intelligence levels (Untangling the Evidence). By providing this type of education and development across the board we could raise the test score of children across the nation. This would prove to be an expensive and extremely difficult task to implement universally however, we do currently have a federal program in place currently aimed at providing these types of educational programs to low income families, Head Start.
The Head Start Program is administered under the Department of Health and Human Services and provides services to pregnant women and children from birth to age five. The Head Start Program is designed to teach early learning, health education, and family well-being with the intention of promoting school readiness to these children. In fiscal year 2018, the Federal Government spent $9.47 billion dollars on this program which helped 1,050,000 children and pregnant women in 2017 and 2018 (Head Start Programs). This program is delivered nationwide ...
Jeffery L. PietersProfessor Lycan First Year Writing Seminar Ekarenahmanny4c
Jeffery L. Pieters
Professor Lycan
First Year Writing Seminar EN106
02 April 2020Is Income Inequality To Blame For Poor Student Test Scores?
Studies ranging from psychology to economics all indicate that early childhood education and development are vital to the success of a child in all aspects of life, regardless of their socioeconomic status. Despite the reality that children from disadvantaged households often face more challenges and have lower test scores, publicly funded programs can have a significant and measured effect on success. Lawmakers have the responsibility to shape fiscal policy in order to bridge the gaps that face our nation's “persistently disadvantaged.” Although I agree that eligibility to qualify for free or reduced school meals is a poor measure of a student's actual needs as Susan Dynarski points out, it is important to extend these ideas to include access to quality early childhood education programs.
“A closer look reveals that the standard measure of economic disadvantage whether a child is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch in school masks the magnitude of the learning gap between the richest and poorest children.” (Greene, Kindle Locations 11218-11220). This gap is an important aspect of the disparity in which money is distributed to schools as it can be misconstrued to divide the money based on numbers instead of actual need. The disadvantaged children are those who are in the most need for assistance both monetarily and educationally and these funds should be focused on their needs specifically instead of a school as a whole generically, though there is likely no easy way to focus this money in a specific manner. One possible way to address this need is to provide assistance and education to all children across the nation from birth regardless of financial need. Studies for years have shown that children who attend preschool are more likely to be successful throughout elementary and high school, and early childhood brain development increases intelligence levels (Untangling the Evidence). By providing this type of education and development across the board we could raise the test score of children across the nation. This would prove to be an expensive and extremely difficult task to implement universally however, we do currently have a federal program in place currently aimed at providing these types of educational programs to low income families, Head Start.
The Head Start Program is administered under the Department of Health and Human Services and provides services to pregnant women and children from birth to age five. The Head Start Program is designed to teach early learning, health education, and family well-being with the intention of promoting school readiness to these children. In fiscal year 2018, the Federal Government spent $9.47 billion dollars on this program which helped 1,050,000 children and pregnant women in 2017 and 2018 (Head Start Programs). This program is delivered nationwide ...
Drug abuse is a growing concern in Bangladesh. An effort to combine Public Private Partnership in trying to address and find out a solution to drug abuse in Bangladesh.
The income gap between college graduates and individuals without a college education has never been wider. According to one estimate, A college educated person stands to earn $570,000 more throughout their lifetime than an individual with only a high school diploma. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the unemployment rate for 25-year-olds without a degree is more than double the unemployment rate for college graduates of the same age. But in order to reap the economic rewards of a college education, many Americans must first find a way to afford one. That means working through a system of educational tax credits and student loans. But is this system really achieving it's goal of making college more accessible?
Gender Equality is when people of all genders have equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities. The main goal of gender equality is for women and men must enjoy equal opportunities, choices, capabilities, power and knowledge as equal citizens.
Partnering with America's Promise Alliance to sponsor a summit, bringing together agencies, business, organizations to improve the success of 10 - 14 year old children to achieve readiness for college, work and life.
Jeffery L. PietersProfessor Lycan First Year Writing Seminar E.docxvrickens
Jeffery L. Pieters
Professor Lycan
First Year Writing Seminar EN106
02 April 2020Is Income Inequality To Blame For Poor Student Test Scores?
Studies ranging from psychology to economics all indicate that early childhood education and development are vital to the success of a child in all aspects of life, regardless of their socioeconomic status. Despite the reality that children from disadvantaged households often face more challenges and have lower test scores, publicly funded programs can have a significant and measured effect on success. Lawmakers have the responsibility to shape fiscal policy in order to bridge the gaps that face our nation's “persistently disadvantaged.” Although I agree that eligibility to qualify for free or reduced school meals is a poor measure of a student's actual needs as Susan Dynarski points out, it is important to extend these ideas to include access to quality early childhood education programs.
“A closer look reveals that the standard measure of economic disadvantage whether a child is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch in school masks the magnitude of the learning gap between the richest and poorest children.” (Greene, Kindle Locations 11218-11220). This gap is an important aspect of the disparity in which money is distributed to schools as it can be misconstrued to divide the money based on numbers instead of actual need. The disadvantaged children are those who are in the most need for assistance both monetarily and educationally and these funds should be focused on their needs specifically instead of a school as a whole generically, though there is likely no easy way to focus this money in a specific manner. One possible way to address this need is to provide assistance and education to all children across the nation from birth regardless of financial need. Studies for years have shown that children who attend preschool are more likely to be successful throughout elementary and high school, and early childhood brain development increases intelligence levels (Untangling the Evidence). By providing this type of education and development across the board we could raise the test score of children across the nation. This would prove to be an expensive and extremely difficult task to implement universally however, we do currently have a federal program in place currently aimed at providing these types of educational programs to low income families, Head Start.
The Head Start Program is administered under the Department of Health and Human Services and provides services to pregnant women and children from birth to age five. The Head Start Program is designed to teach early learning, health education, and family well-being with the intention of promoting school readiness to these children. In fiscal year 2018, the Federal Government spent $9.47 billion dollars on this program which helped 1,050,000 children and pregnant women in 2017 and 2018 (Head Start Programs). This program is delivered nationwide ...
Jeffery L. PietersProfessor Lycan First Year Writing Seminar Ekarenahmanny4c
Jeffery L. Pieters
Professor Lycan
First Year Writing Seminar EN106
02 April 2020Is Income Inequality To Blame For Poor Student Test Scores?
Studies ranging from psychology to economics all indicate that early childhood education and development are vital to the success of a child in all aspects of life, regardless of their socioeconomic status. Despite the reality that children from disadvantaged households often face more challenges and have lower test scores, publicly funded programs can have a significant and measured effect on success. Lawmakers have the responsibility to shape fiscal policy in order to bridge the gaps that face our nation's “persistently disadvantaged.” Although I agree that eligibility to qualify for free or reduced school meals is a poor measure of a student's actual needs as Susan Dynarski points out, it is important to extend these ideas to include access to quality early childhood education programs.
“A closer look reveals that the standard measure of economic disadvantage whether a child is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch in school masks the magnitude of the learning gap between the richest and poorest children.” (Greene, Kindle Locations 11218-11220). This gap is an important aspect of the disparity in which money is distributed to schools as it can be misconstrued to divide the money based on numbers instead of actual need. The disadvantaged children are those who are in the most need for assistance both monetarily and educationally and these funds should be focused on their needs specifically instead of a school as a whole generically, though there is likely no easy way to focus this money in a specific manner. One possible way to address this need is to provide assistance and education to all children across the nation from birth regardless of financial need. Studies for years have shown that children who attend preschool are more likely to be successful throughout elementary and high school, and early childhood brain development increases intelligence levels (Untangling the Evidence). By providing this type of education and development across the board we could raise the test score of children across the nation. This would prove to be an expensive and extremely difficult task to implement universally however, we do currently have a federal program in place currently aimed at providing these types of educational programs to low income families, Head Start.
The Head Start Program is administered under the Department of Health and Human Services and provides services to pregnant women and children from birth to age five. The Head Start Program is designed to teach early learning, health education, and family well-being with the intention of promoting school readiness to these children. In fiscal year 2018, the Federal Government spent $9.47 billion dollars on this program which helped 1,050,000 children and pregnant women in 2017 and 2018 (Head Start Programs). This program is delivered nationwide ...
Consequences of Teenage Parenting Styles on The Attainment of Educational Goa...AJHSSR Journal
The greatest global investment whose productivity leads to rapid economic growth is education.
Despite this fact, teenage parenting and the subsequent parenting styles had consequences on the attainment of
educational goals as was revealed by a study that was carried out in Mumias Sub-county to find out the kind of
consequences that teen motherhood and teen fatherhood had on a secondary school students‟ academic
achievement. Two objectives were set to find out the prevalence rate of teenage parenting and to determine the
kind of contributions the problem had on educational accessibility. The population consisted of 55 principals,
269 teachers and 4,143 students from three classes out of the four classes in the sampled out schools. One third
of the population was taken for each of the three categories of respondents which gave 18 principals heading
mixed gender secondary schools, 89 class teachers and 1,367 studentsboth male and female. The students were
selected using the simple-random sampling alongside purposive sampling where the teen-agers were targeted, as
the stratified random sampling technique targeted principals and teachers from public mixed gender secondary
schools. The study area had four divisions namely, South Wanga, WangaMkulu, East Wanga and Mumias
Central from which the eighteen schools were identified. To collect data, questionnaires were designed for
students, teachers and principals. Descriptive statistics namely frequency counts and percentages was used to
analyze the quantitative data which was then presented in tables. The study found that teenage parenting styles
had consequences on the attainment of educational goals and the recommendations are that guidance and
counseling should be intensified by not only the Ministry of Education at the school level, but also by the local
administration to include parents to teenagers in public forums. Guidance and Counseling should help curb the
problem of teenage parenting in order to remedy the consequences on the attainment of educational goals.
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ADDRESSING INCOME INEQUALITY
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Addressing Income Inequality
For decades now, the wealth gap among United States citizens has increasingly become high. This has contributed to various social and economic problems such as inadequate employment, poverty, crime, and health issues (Dabla-Norris et al., 2015). Because of the wide array of challenges attributed to Income Inequality there is need for the society to come up with some solutions to address this issue. Even though there are many ways through which the society can narrow down this wealth gap, the policies chosen need to follow a multifaceted approach in order to come up with a permanent solution. Below are some of the policy alternatives that can be used to address the issue.Providing affordable, and quality education to the citizens
According to Breen & Chung (2015), education is one of the major factors that accounts for income inequality among the people. The people who are well educated are more likely to earn better incomes than the people who are not educated. This is due to the fact that educated people have some skills which they can use to acquire full time employment with good salaries. Because of this reason education is arguably one of the best tools that can be used to eradicate income inequality in United States.
Lack of education among some citizen in the United States is closely attributed to poverty. Statistics show that more than 1 out of every 5 children are living in poverty (Childfund, 2013). This means that a similar number of children don’t get good education because their parents can afford. Even if they access education it will likely be the basic primary and secondary education and they will never have the opportunity to get post-secondary education. Since most of the good jobs currently demand at least one to have post-secondary education it is important that we invest in providing access to affordable and quality education and encourage young people to go school.
To provide affordable, and quality education the government should:
· Build enough schools in all parts of the country that can accommodate everyone who needs education.
· Ensure that the schools have enough resources needed to provide quality education. This include qualified teachers and learning materials
· Subsidize the cost of education to ensure that the citizens can afford
· Provide scholarships to low-income students to help them access higher education in-order to acquire the skills needed to secure jobs in the competitive market.
Issues facing education in United States
One of the greatest issue currently facing education in the us is the criticism of public schools. This has consequently led to decrease of funding of the schools. As these are the schools which most of the low-class people can afford, most of the students end up not getting quality education because the schoo ...
1. Parents' background determines life chances
of children, report says
By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent The Telegraph 12 Jan 2009
A child's chances of succeeding in life are still largely determined by their
parents' income and social standing, according to a commission's new
report. The report paints a damning portrait of Labour's failure to improve
social mobility over the last decade.
In his report, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, Mr Narey will reveal that just over a third of
pupils eligible for free school meals go on to gain five higher grade GCSEs, compared to slightly less
than two-thirds of those who are ineligible. The proportion of children from poor backgrounds who
go on to graduate from university has risen by just three per cent under Labour compared to a 26
per cent increase among those from wealthier backgrounds.
Mr Narey said: "Despite progress in reducing child poverty and heavy investment in education, a
child's chances of success in Britain today are still largely dependent on the background and earnings
of their parents. Education has been seen as the great leveller but children from poor and
disadvantaged backgrounds all too often end up in the worst schools and achieve the worst results.”
"As we face the challenge of the present economic downturn, there are those who argue that we
cannot afford more investment to give disadvantaged children more equal life-chances. This
commission argues that we can't afford not to. Every political party is claiming that they are the
party to improve social mobility. We now need to see this matched by action which ensures that any
child born in any family in the UK can fulfil its potential."
Measures to promote social mobility will be set out in a report, with ministers identifying limited
access to professions such as the law, medicine, the senior civil service, finance and the upper ranks
of the Armed Forces as a major obstacle. Among the issues they will focus on is the unfair advantage
gained by the children of well-connected middle class parents who are able to arrange work
experience for them, or fund them through unpaid internships.
It emerged last week that Geoff Hoon, the Transport Secretary, paid for his teenage daughter to
undergo coaching sessions to help her prepare for Oxbridge interviews.
Other issues to be considered include financial obstacles to access and progression, the role of work
experience and internships, recruitment practices and what can be done to encourage new
applicants for certain jobs. Mr Milburn said he wanted to ensure that "the best people, regardless of
their backgrounds, have a fair crack of the whip".
Activities
1. What does the term social mobility mean?
2. What are the differences in university attendance between the class groups?
3. In what ways do middle class parents help their children?
4. What have the government done to try and aid equality?
5. What issues may get in the way of a child achieving?
6. Give your view on the equality situation and explain your answer.