Annotated Bibliography: The Interrelation Between Poverty And Education

Introduction: In my annotated bibliography, I will focus my scholastic research paper on the interrelation between poverty and education. Poverty and education are very well interconnected, where education is a primary source for social mobility but enabling those born into poverty to rise in society. The link between poverty and education can be seen at all educational levels. From the earliest stage, for instance, pre-primary education, poorer Americans starts at an ultimate disadvantaged. With fewer assets and focus on education in their homes, children growing up in poverty are behind from the earliest starting point. Household stresses from living in destitution tend to build up in a child, making it extremely hard to focus on any fundamental instruction taking place in school. While education has been envisioned as the great equalizer, this promise has been more of a myth than reality for …show more content…
Kilty, K. M. (2015). Fifty Years Later: Access to Education as an Avenue out of Poverty. Journal of Poverty, 19(3), 324-329. doi:10.1080/10875549.2015.1047715 Poverty is a condition where an individual’s basic needs are not being met. Generally, poverty is categorized into two type, for instance, absolute poverty is synonymous with destitution and occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources; whereas relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards determined by the government and enjoyed by the “majority or privileged” of that country. In 1964 United State President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the “War on Poverty” also known as the “Economic Opportunity Act”. This proposal was in response to a national poverty rate increasing in America. This act would go on to support and develop service programs like “Head Start and Elementary and Secondary Education Act”. For African Americas, the War on Poverty