Socioeconomic Inequality In Higher Maternal Education

found that students who were poor but had high instances of interactions with their mothers reading to them performed higher on their math and reading tests. A study by Howe, Lawlor, and Propper (2012) revealed that females showed the greatest differences in health and behaviors when measured against the mother’s educational status. Higher maternal education resulted in taller height and lower body mass index (Howe, 2012). Higher maternal education was associated with lower behavior problems. However, Howe, Lawlor, and Propper (2012) found that there was no difference between socioeconomic inequalities and emotional problems and health inequalities presented by higher maternal education lowered over the course of childhood. Maternal education did show an increase educational attainment (Howe, 2012). “ However, for all offspring, educational outcomes, socioeconomic inequalities remained large at all ages” (Howe, Lawlor, Propper, 2012, pg. 363). Higher maternal education revealed an increase in cholesterol for children over time but remain stable over time for mother’s in the lower maternal education bracket emotional problems were shown …show more content…
Conclusively, poverty is a culprit for lower scores on standardized tests and can even create gaps in the IQ’s of students in higher and lower socioeconomic status’. Students living in poverty do not have access to the same support systems or resources that would help students overcome their hardships. Teachers can aid students in rising above their circumstances by providing a supportive environment in their classrooms that will break down barriers so that no socioeconomic level is evident in the classroom. Teachers can foster learning to meet individual student needs and decrease inequality in the classroom. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared, “The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an