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EDGR595 Concordia University Portland Simulating Poverty Discussion.
Simulating Poverty
Watch the video Standing Up to Poverty Official Film (Nebraska Loves Public Schools, 2013), listen to the podcast Poor Children, a New Majority in Public Schools (Scott, 2015), and view one of the following documentaries:

Children in the Fields (Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, 2008)
Poor Kids (Frontline, 2012)
Rich Hill (Tragos & Palermo, 2014)

Available to rent for a nominal fee from Netflix, Amazon, or iTunes.

Answer the following in 2-3 substantive paragraphs:

What did you learn that could affect your professional practices/responses when dealing with students, families, and communities in poverty?
How can you make sure all students, regardless of their diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, are able to understand the context of poverty in ways that support the community of learners?
In what ways do the opinions in these resources match your views and experiences?
Are there areas in which you disagree based on your experiences?

Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.
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References
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs. (2008). Children in the fields [Video file]. Retrieved from
Frontline. (2012). Poor kids [Video file]. Retrieved from
Nebraska Loves Public Schools. (2013, May 23). Standing up to poverty official film [Video file]. Retrieved from
Scott, A. (2015, January 16). Poor children, a new majority in public schools [Podcast]. Retrieved from
Tragos, T. D., & Palermo, A. D. (Directors). (2014). Rich hill [Motion Picture]. United States: The Orchard.

Poverty
When you think of poverty, what comes to mind? Shah (2014) provides the following statistics:

Almost half the world over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world).
Based on enrollment data, about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 percent of them were girls. And these are regarded as optimistic numbers. (p. 1)

The international portrait of poverty described above is not a positive one. Poverty statistics in the United States are also disconcerting: 15.1% of Americans lived in poverty in 2010 (National Poverty Center, 2015). Poverty rates disproportionally affect women and young children.
The issue of socioeconomics in schools is a complicated one. On one hand, the U.S. mandates schooling for all students regardless of socioeconomic status. On the other hand, schools in wealthier areas typically have access to better materials, better qualified teachers, and generally more funding than schools in poorer areas. Lori Langer de Ramirez (2005) states, While no two schools can be termed equal, this disparity leads one to question whether the education that students receive in different schools is equitable (p. 10).
Recently, it has been determined that for the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis of 2013 federal data (Layton, 2015, para. 1). This has startling consequences for what it means to support students, schools, and communities in achieving educational excellence.
References
de Ramirez, L. L. (2005). Voices of diversity: Stories, activities, and resources for the multicultural classroom.Upper Saddle River, NY: Prentice Hall.
Layton, L. (2015, January 16). Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty. Retrieved from
National Poverty Center. (2015). Poverty in the United States: Frequently asked questions. Retrieved from www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/
Shah, A. (2014). Causes of poverty. Retrieved from
Weekly Objectives
Through participation in the following activities, the candidate will:

Describe the way issues of equality can impact the learning environment. (3l, 9i)

Simulating Poverty
Socioeconomic Status in the Classroom

Identify aspects of student learning diversity that may impact the learning process and develop strategies for collaborating with students and families as appropriate. (3a)

Simulating Poverty
Socioeconomic Status in the Classroom

Heads Up
In Week 5, you will submit a 7- to 9-page advocacy action plan for supporting students in the classroom and building community. This assignment will take quite a bit of time to develop. Begin thinking about this now
Required Studies
The following materials are required studies for this week. Complete these studies at the beginning of the week, and save these materials for future use. Full references for these materials are listed in the Required Course Materials section of the syllabus.
Excellence Through Equity (Blankstein, Noguera, & Kelly, 2016)

Select one chapter to read chapter 3, 4, or 5 based on which is more appealing to you in terms of focus and topic. You will use this reading for the assignment due Saturday.
Chapter 3: Building a School of Opportunity Begins With Detracking (Burris, 2015, pp. 59-72)
Chapter 4: The Voices and Hearts of Youth: Transformative Power of Equity in Action (Harper, 2015, pp. 73-96)
Chapter 5: Empowering Students and Teachers Through Performance-Based Assessment (Barlowe & Cook, 2015, pp. 97-122)

Read

Overcoming the Silence of Generational Poverty (Beegle, 2003) [Web page]

View

Standing Up to Poverty Official Film (Nebraska Loves Public Schools, 2013) [Video] [Transcript]
You will view one of the following documentaries for the Tuesday discussion post:

Children in the Fields (Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, 2008) [Video] [Transcript]
Poor Kids (Frontline, 2012) [Video] [Transcript]
Rich Hill (Tragos & Palermo, 2014) [Video] [Closed captioned]

Available to rent for a nominal fee from Netflix, Amazon, or iTunes.

Engage

An Atlas of Upward Mobility Shows Paths out of Poverty (Leonhardt, Cox, & Miller, 2015) [Web site]

Note: Explore the interactive feature, The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up: How Your Area Compares

474: Back to School (This American Life, 2012) [Podcast] [Transcript]
Poor Children, a New Majority in Public Schools (Scott, 2015) [Podcast] [Transcript]

EDGR595 Concordia University Portland Simulating Poverty Discussion