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Quick-write
- Take a few minutes to write about where you believe issues of low SES occur in education
Effects at the District Level
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Lack of Resources
Lack of buses
Lack of money for PD
Larger district size with less schools affects student performance (Howley, 1996)
Lack of money for PD
Larger district size with less schools affects student performance (Howley, 1996)
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Negative Perceptions of Districts
More negative field studies even though studies have shown that low SES does not directly affect student performance
series of articles stating that low SES does not directly affect student performance.
series of articles stating that low SES does not directly affect student performance.
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Issues at the School Level
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We surveyed 100 people.
What are the main issues schools in SED communities experience?
-Resources 67
-Teacher Retention 21
-Parental Involvement 18
What are the main issues schools in SED communities experience?
-Resources 67
-Teacher Retention 21
-Parental Involvement 18
Technology
Schools lack support to implement and maintain tech growth
Schools in SED communities lack the funds and resources
-Less Community Support
-Less Grants/Writers
-Quick Teacher Turnaround
Enrichment Programs: Music, Art (cognitively stimulating), Tutoring, Sports
QuickFix
-LCFF +$400/student for every 25% SED population control
CAASPP -> Cyclical Failure
-Less Community Support
-Less Grants/Writers
-Quick Teacher Turnaround
Enrichment Programs: Music, Art (cognitively stimulating), Tutoring, Sports
QuickFix
-LCFF +$400/student for every 25% SED population control
CAASPP -> Cyclical Failure
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LAUSD $1.3 Billion
650,000 iPads
to address the accessibility gap
Failed rollout
1/6 students
Failed Software
Pearson - incomplete, inadequate
Hacked security
to address the accessibility gap
Failed rollout
1/6 students
Failed Software
Pearson - incomplete, inadequate
Hacked security
Teachers
"How many Schneeblys for every Escalante?"
Unprepared
-SES correlates with At-risk: Suicide, smoke/drink, aggression
-SES correlates with emotional distress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavior
Less Qualified
-Ex: 27% vs 43% majoring in math for HS
-Excluding differences in foundational levels
Temporary
-Resulting from above
-Compounded with Pay
-SES correlates with At-risk: Suicide, smoke/drink, aggression
-SES correlates with emotional distress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavior
Less Qualified
-Ex: 27% vs 43% majoring in math for HS
-Excluding differences in foundational levels
Temporary
-Resulting from above
-Compounded with Pay
Parents Care
Parents typically defer to teachers in SED locale-supporters
Negative Past Experiences or Unwelcoming Atmosphere
-Accessibility
-Efficacy
Question of How not If they are involved.
-Time & Energy
-Learned Helplessness
-Reactive Involvement
Negative Past Experiences or Unwelcoming Atmosphere
-Accessibility
-Efficacy
Question of How not If they are involved.
-Time & Energy
-Learned Helplessness
-Reactive Involvement
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Issues at the student Level
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IQ and SES
25 IQ Point difference between upper-class to low-low class
A Normative Sample of Intelligence and Achievement of Negro Elementary School Children in the Southeastern United States
Wallace A. Kennedy, Vernon van de Riet and James C. White, Jr.
Wallace A. Kennedy, Vernon van de Riet and James C. White, Jr.
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SED affects cognition early in a student's life
Association between SES and cognitive performance begins in infancy (McCall, 1981)
Poor nutrition in (womb (Antonoq-Schlorke et al., 2011)
Poor nutrition in (womb (Antonoq-Schlorke et al., 2011)
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Breakfast nutrition linked to grey matter mass
Poor nutrition correlated with gray matter mass (Taki et al., 2010)
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The conversation gap
Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey, The State of Working America 2002–03 (Outside Source). Washington, D.C.: Economic Policy Institute, 2002.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/key-to-vocabulary-gap-is-quali...
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/key-to-vocabulary-gap-is-quali...
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Psychological health
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teaching in a low ses environment
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low ses, high success-es
- know and respect your students
- offer flexibility, variety, and choice
- make expectations clear
- scaffold student learning
- be available and approachable
- be a reflective practitioner
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"...in order for children to succeed, they need a social and emotional connection to a role model and in turn the role model needs to give the children an indication that they are loved"
(National Center for Educational Statistics [NCES], 2004, p. v)
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Quality teachers can help bridge the SES achievement gap
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