SOC 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Absenteeism, Bachelor Of Business Administration, Ford Foundation
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Poverty influences on learning: external support: academic abd social support is less available to students outside school. -lareau: middle class children provide students with home advantages ( tutoring, summer camps, homework support, etc). Middle class schools in close contact with parents. Working class schools are often at odds with parents (mistrust, hostility): environmental obstacles: adverse conditions for health, safety and well being. Quality of life, stress and health conditions are much lower among children in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Inability to address non-academic needs of students compromises academic effectiveness of schools. Head start benefits dissappear once students enter kindergarten with no support: negative social capital: adverse conditions for parents and schools. -parents and schools cannot draw from neighborhood resources . -schools in high poverty communities operate in isolation from local organizations (churches, social service agencies, recreation centers). -school staff views neighborhood as dangerous (do not form relationships with local leaders or organizations).
