The school curriculum does not necessarily have to be changed completely, but adapted to be more accommodating and inclusive of students immediate needs that relate to their chronic life experience. This will boost test scores and morale of students and increase graduation rates and scores to the college entrance level, or to enable them to find a job after high school.
A second solution is to teach and counsel students to understand how their life circumstances and cycle of poverty impacts their life and learning. Learned helplessness in impacted students typically results form a dysfunctional home life characterized by abuse, absentee parents, gang violence or affiliation, and pressure to use drugs or engaging in early sexual activity. Statistically,
A second solution is to teach and counsel students to understand how their life circumstances and cycle of poverty impacts their life and learning. Learned helplessness in impacted students typically results form a dysfunctional home life characterized by abuse, absentee parents, gang violence or affiliation, and pressure to use drugs or engaging in early sexual activity. Statistically,