Poverty: Rising Political Issues In The United States
Poverty is one of the rising political issues in the United States today, but how do we fix it? As the United States is a well-governed country, poverty is something to be ashamed especially deep poverty. Therefore, poverty is when your income is low and you cannot support your or others daily needs. However, poverty can impact a child’s education. In the United States today the only one book for every 300 kids in poverty according to Do Something.org. Poverty impacts education with their attendance at school, home environment, and having a high school diploma. The first reason that poverty impacts education because of their attendance at school. According to childfund.org, they state “People living in poverty may stop going to school
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This text from Dosomething.org states “ a higher percentage of young adults (31%) without a high school diploma live in poverty, compared to the 24% who have a high school diploma that lives in poverty.” This information proves if they do not have a high school diploma, they will stay in poverty because they do not have the numeracy and literacy skills to remove themselves from poverty. According to the author, Jason M. Breslow, states “The average dropout student can expect to earn an income of $20,241, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is a full $10,386 less than the typical high school graduate, and $36,424 less than a person having a bachelor’s degree.” With this information, you can infer not having a high school diploma and education can affect their life later on because they do not have all the educational skills they need for the rest of their lives. Some of the ways that poverty affect education are their home environment, attendance of school and having a high school diploma. One way of solving the problem of not a having high school diploma is removing the option of dropping out of public school education. If public school districts remove the power of dropping, it can lower the dropout rates across the nation and raise the percent to a higher amount than 24% of people who finish high school but yet live in or close to poverty. This is a way to have people who live in poverty get the education they need
This text from Dosomething.org states “ a higher percentage of young adults (31%) without a high school diploma live in poverty, compared to the 24% who have a high school diploma that lives in poverty.” This information proves if they do not have a high school diploma, they will stay in poverty because they do not have the numeracy and literacy skills to remove themselves from poverty. According to the author, Jason M. Breslow, states “The average dropout student can expect to earn an income of $20,241, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is a full $10,386 less than the typical high school graduate, and $36,424 less than a person having a bachelor’s degree.” With this information, you can infer not having a high school diploma and education can affect their life later on because they do not have all the educational skills they need for the rest of their lives. Some of the ways that poverty affect education are their home environment, attendance of school and having a high school diploma. One way of solving the problem of not a having high school diploma is removing the option of dropping out of public school education. If public school districts remove the power of dropping, it can lower the dropout rates across the nation and raise the percent to a higher amount than 24% of people who finish high school but yet live in or close to poverty. This is a way to have people who live in poverty get the education they need