Sociological Perspective On Education And Poverty By Helen Laad

From a sociological standpoint society poverty is seen a result in which resources and opportunities are unequally distributed across society. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 47.7 million Americans were living in poverty last year. One major social problem in our society is education. When students don’t have access to a good education it affects them in the long run. From elementary to high school children in low in come families struggle the most. Stanford professor Helen Ladd explains in her article called Education and Poverty, how children in low income families struggle the most “Study after study has demonstrated that children from disadvantaged households perform less well in school on average than those from more advantaged …show more content…
Without a job people either fall into the persistent poverty section or the temporary poverty section. According to the Wall Street Journal 20 million Americans don’t have jobs. For the people who have jobs yet are stuck under the poverty line are paid $7.25 an hour. Some states still have the minimum wage at $7 and some states have it at a higher wage like $12. Living off of a minimum wage for a single person or even a family is practically impossible. Without enough jobs and higher minimum wage people are going to be stuck under the poverty line. A family of 4 wouldn’t be able to live off a combined minimum wage income there’s no way the family would be able to afford food, health care, transportation, and other essentials. Having a job in America and not being able to afford basic necessities can cause a huge impact in your life. Especially if you have a family and you’re raising kids. Being unemployed can cause you to become homeless. Working for minimum wage can cause you to struggle to make ends meet. Having a family while working for minimum wage will affect your kids more than anything because they’ll struggle to get a good education therefor limiting there