Question

UCLEU POUR ULUL PLIUL MILLE Since we know poverty is a major factor in poor developmental outcomes for education, what can we do to encourage economically disadvantaged students to be successful?

Answer 1

Economically disadvantaged students being their education at a low climate. They don't have often the means for even the most basic resources needed for success in their educational pursuits than when it comes to the non-tangibles, they often do not have the same academic support as middle- or high-income peers and know less when they arrive in kindergarten. When parents are unable to provide for their children, that responsibility then falls on the schools and the community.

Here are some ways to encourage the economically disadvantaged students.

1. Meet the children’s basic physiological.

According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, students need to have physiological needs met before they are able to learn. If a child is hungry, he or she will focus on that fact and not on the schoolwork. Federal law allows schools to provide breakfast and lunch for students whose families meet federal poverty guidelines. The law was created in an effort to meet the biological needs of each student if the parent was unable or unwilling to provide the necessary provision. If children have all of their physical needs met, they will be more likely to succeed in school.

2. Consider the children’s safety.

Students will not be able to focus unless they feel safe in both the home and the school. When teachers become certified to teach, they become mandated reporters of child abuse. This means that a teacher who suspects abuse in the home of a student is compelled by law to report this information, using protocols established by the school and/or the district.

​​​​​​3. Develop a special relationship with students. Teachers are among the few people who understand children’s hopes, aspirations, and impediments; however, only a small percentage of teachers take advantage of this fact.

4. Help a student meet his or her higher-order needs. James P. Comer, a child psychiatrist who studied students from low-income neighbourhoods In New Haven, Connecticut, developed the Comer Process which focuses on child development in urban schools. The Comer process is based on six interconnected pathways which lead to healthy child development and academic achievement. The pathways are physical, cognitive, psychological, language, social, and ethical.

5.Have high pectations.

• Give students the opportunity to set goals. Then , coach them to achieve their goals.
• Hold students accountable for classroom expectations
• Be a role model. Share your goals and high expectations for with your students.

6. Expose students to place outside of the classroom.

7. Create a positive classroom culture.

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