POVERTY AND EDUCATION How does state poverty rates affect the rates of children from graduating high school?
Literature Review Murnane describes three initiatives that could be taken to improve the education of children and increase their chance of escaping poverty. Three initiatives include emphasizing growth in children’s skills rather than test scores, improve the education of low-income students, and provide grants to build the capacity of schools to educate low-income children. Henry examines the effects of the socio economic indicators on the educational outcomes. This study examines parental investment and the educational outcomes among an ethnically diverse sample. Lichter discusses children’s current economic well-being, evaluates the change’s in children’s family life, parental employment, and levels of social provision for poor families. Friedman’s study discusses the differentiation and inequality in children’s economic well-being and the geography of child poverty. Miller analyses the consequences of poverty and studies the relations among depth and timing of poverty, mother’s martial history, and quality of home environment. She looks into the benefits of having a stable household who were not poor to those who were.
Works Cited (MLA) Friedman, Samantha. “Spatial Inequality and Poverty among American Children.” Population Research and Policy Review, 17.2 (1998): pp. 91-109. Jstor. Web. 9 Nov. 2013 Henry, Kimberly, Thomas Cavanagh, and Eugene Oetting. "Perceived Parental Investment In School As A Mediator Of The Relationship Between Socio- Economic Indicators And Educational Outcomes In Rural America." Journal Of Youth & Adolescence 40.9 (2011): 1164-1177. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 9 Nov. 2013. URL: http://0-ww.jstor.org.library.lemoyne.edu/stable/40230179http://0-ww.jstor.org.library.lemoyne.edu/stable/40230179 Lichter, Daniel L. “Poverty and Inequality Among Children.” Annual Review of Sociology 23(1997): 121-145. Jstor. Web. 9 Nov. 2013 URL: http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lemoyne.edu/stable/2952546http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lemoyne.edu/stable/2952546 Miller, Jane E, Davis, Diane. “Poverty History, Marital History, and Quality of Children's Home Environments.” Journal of Marriage and Family 59.4 (1997): 996-1007. Jstor. Web. Nov. 9 2013. URL: http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lemoyne.edu/stable/353798http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lemoyne.edu/stable/353798 Murnane, Richard J. "Improving The Education Of Children Living In Poverty." Future Of Children 17.2 (2007): 161-182. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 9 Nov. 2013.
Data Source http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/43-children-in- poverty#detailed/2/10-19,2,20-29,3,30-39,4,40-49,5,50-52,6- 9/false/868,867,133,38,35/any/321,322 http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/43-children-in- poverty#detailed/2/10-19,2,20-29,3,30-39,4,40-49,5,50-52,6- 9/false/868,867,133,38,35/any/321,322 The first data that I found was from Kids Count Data Center. I looked at the child poverty rates by state, but other options included child poverty rates by nation, city, territory, or by congressional district. http://www.governing.com/gov-data/high-school-graduation- rates-by-state.html http://www.governing.com/gov-data/high-school-graduation- rates-by-state.html The second data source that I used was from “Governing The States and Localities”. This looked at the high school graduation rates by state. It looked graduation rates of all students, children with disabilities, limited english proficient, and economically disadvantage.
Data Analysis Copy and pasted data found online about high school graduation rates and children in poverty in each state. Made sure each state lined up to one another from each data set. Merged the data and shifted cells up.
Data Analysis High light child poverty and graduation data separately. Create pivot table for each (see next slid). High light all data – both data sets together. Create pivot table (Row – States, Values – child poverty 2012 and All students graduated). High light pivot table – insert column (see slid). Repeat for economically disadvantage graduation rates and child poverty for 2012.
% All Students Graduated and Child Poverty Rates 2012
% Graduated and Child Poverty of 2012 by Region Create Pivot Table Filter – States Values – Child Poverty and All students graduated. Select states for each region, copy and past into new chart. Copy new chart, insert 3d Bar Graph.
% all and economically disadvantaged graduated by region Insert pivot table Filter – state Values – All students, econ. Disadvantaged Filtered each state by region, copy and pasted each region in new chart. Copy chart – insert column chart.
New York’s Child Poverty and % Graduated HS Create Pivot Table Filter – State (pick NY) Values – Graduate % (Econ. Disadvantage, Limited Eng., Child Disabilities, Total Students) Insert - Bar graph (Repeat for Child Poverty)
Findings - How does state poverty rates affect the rates of children from graduating high school? In some states poverty rates affect the rates of children from graduating from high school, but overall there isn’t a drastic difference. Although poverty has increased over the past 5 years, especially for New York, there is little effect on graduating from high school. Midwest and Northeast states did have higher graduation rates and lower poverty rates then the other state regions.