Socioeconomics

correctness which is the avoidance of forms of expression or actions that insult groups of people that are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against. Political correctness is not inclusive of issues relating to ethnicity, gender, race, age and socioeconomic…

The three risk factors that we have been discussed in the class that can be contributed to the development of vulnerable populations are race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health insurance. From the three risk factors, race/ethnicity is the common determinant of disparity and conflict. It has been a big issue in the past and it is ongoing determinant of disparity and conflict around the world today. Therefore, majority of areas around the world use race/ethnicity factors to classify the…

is a way to gain upward mobility. People believe that upward mobility is as promising as it sounds because it allows people to move from one socioeconomic level on to the next. Upward mobility has become important in the recent years as it helps people attain better job opportunities and to help elevate the playing field between the different socioeconomic classes that are present in America today. Nonetheless, if people want to gain the American Dream today they must have a quality education…

pressure forcing change from any other sources, systemic racism will always be present. In 1950s to the 1970s, the United States made several attempts at desegregations but were made out of great impulse. The privileged and the people who hold high socioeconomic status in the country are resistant to change that significant enough to begin matching resources throughout the various racial and ethnic groups, successful…

ELL is a risk factor for dropping out of school and there is a correlation between academic achievements. For example, some of the factors that may contribute to students dropping out are English proficiency and the family’s socioeconomic status. They also examine what this implies as a teacher and a school district. English proficiency is a risk factor because this is related to the students’ academic achievement. Even though students receive help from their teachers, English does…

Many School will accept a child simply because of the child standardized test scores. The problem with these particular test is that its sociodemographic location, socioeconomic based, and shows correlation between bad teachers and lower scores. Universities and colleges should abolishing standardized test scores because it socioeconomic plays such a big role in excelling on the SAT/ACT scores, how lack of funds for educational purposes plays a role in SAT/ACT scores., and If colleges decide to…

them better decide which students were talented and gifted. Research has found that a student’s socioeconomic status can impair a teacher’s judgement and make them less likely to refer a student to a talented and gifted program. Students who were classified as being in lower socioeconomic groups were less likely to be referred to a talented and gifted program than those classified in higher socioeconomic groups. In addition, race and culture also affect a teacher’s judgement of whether students…

books shown in many different ways and not just through race and ethnicity. Gender, sexuality, physical or mental ability, family type, and socioeconomic status are just a few other perspectives that could be represented within a diverse book. I read the book Almost Home by Joan Bauer. This tween book represented diverse perspectives from a lower socioeconomic status. It also portrayed the effects of a single-mother family unit with an unstable…

study about poverty and race talks about how white people start the race of life miles ahead of African Americans. He also addresses the issues that many African Americans face when they are born, their white counterparts do not, such as their socioeconomic status or the education they receive. He goes on to say that even later in life, simple things like going to college, getting a car, or even walking down the street is not an issue for white men and women but are issues that African…

As a result of creating loopholes and tax havens for enterprises and the high socioeconomic class. Such a defect is due to the Trickle-down Economics approach that reduces taxes on the high class and industries that never leads back to the lower classes. This is due to the government's impotence to establish regulations on where the money…