FARM students score lower than the overall average in both reading and math in 8th and 4th grade. This is probably due to the fact that families in lower income have a lower vocabulary, less education, and less parental support due to the fact that both parents are probably working as many hours as possible. Research proves that students who are living in poverty prior to entering school their oral language is more limited then those raised in a higher social economic status. African American students are disproportionately represented in the FARMS population in our area, mainly because they are half our population and in turn a high percentage of our FARM students. This could partially explain the low performance of African American students when compared to Caucasians.
In fact, according to a study at the University of Missouri, they found that many students forgot over two and one-half months of whatever their grade-level equivalency is in mathematics. (Wilkenfield) Plus after the summer vacation, many teachers end up spending from four to six weeks of the next school year trying to review what had happened in the previous years, says David Payne, a former principal. Summer vacation is one of the only major times that parents are able to travel or take vacations, however, year-round schooling which allows small breaks throughout the seasons. Also, travel rates during the summer are usually higher than other times of the year. When students return to school after a summer break, there is often a long time period of adjustment.
Although many people qualified for grants to pay for school, books & supplies without having to take out student loans. “Beginning with the president's first full month in office, February of 2009, the economy lost 4.3 million jobs in the first 13 months of his presidency. Employment spurted for much of 2010, but beginning in October of that year, America began to gain jobs” (Velshi, 2012). But for many with a working spouse or parents that are middle class income but cannot afford school are forced to use student loans to cover tuition, books and supplies and sometimes what’s left is used to help cover their bills while they are attending school. This is a growing concern because so many cannot pay the loans on top of their mortgage, food and other
| Is Raising Minimum Wage Going to Affect the Economy? | Principles of Microeconomics | | Jenell Craddock | 2/21/2013 | | Jenell Craddock Principles of Microeconomics Professor Kerr February 21, 2013 Is Raising Minimum Wage Going to Affect the Economy? President Obama wants to raise the minimum-wage from $7.25 an hour to $9.00 an hour. They say that minimum wage earners don’t get a lot of money but that’s because they’re usually young people in entry level positions. If Obama raises minimum wage it could put small businesses in an unacceptable bind that helps no one.
The four people remained should be accounted mostly by teenage workers. As a matter of fact, workers who have the responsibility with their families do not profit from the action. What they may get is the pressure from the jobs’ competition coming from behind when jobs have become so scarce. The minimum wage act seems to lose its core goal, therefore it’s pointless to be
The theory in economics is that an increase in minimum wage will result in a greater supply of labor, but will decrease the demand for it. In other words, more people will be willing to work for the higher pay, however, less people will be needed in the workplace. Employers will look to reduce staff and cut hours in order to maintain their margins and desired profits. According to the Council of Economic Advisers, teenagers only make up 12 percent of minimum wage workers. That means the other 88 percent of beneficiaries “include a wide cross section of families with children, couples, and others” (Furman, 2012, p. 1).
The median per capita income is about $16,000.00 less than the national average and less that 50 percent of the adults over 25 have graduated high school” (413). Mr. Robinson works a part time job to make an extra dollar (415) which in turn leads to less time with his daughters and therefore the habits that they all have learned about eating can’t be addressed as a family. The circumstances leading to this way of life for the Robinson family play a major role in the outcome. An individual who lacks the income necessary to purchase healthy food may turn to cheaper, unhealthy food. Haygood‘s essay implies the financial burden of purchasing more expensive foods limits the ability to choose a healthy lifestyle.
These children are usually victims of low quality education and obstruct the income equality gap, as they grow older. Even though there are people who have earned a degree they still suffer from income inequality. In the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare the author Raine Dozier states “black degree holders were able to keep pace in cumulative work experience, their wage trajectories flattened over their twenties, relative to both a previous cohort and young white degree holders.”(4) Is this fair to a person who may have the same degree but they are of a different race but still is a victim of this unbalanced economy? Do employers play a role in economic
It makes no sense some of the things the US spends money on when we have children living in extreme poverty. It is time to take care of our own people and stop worrying about fighting another nations battles spending money protect them instead of protecting our children. Child poverty is expensive and would be cheaper for us to eliminate it by improving wages for families to make a better
Approximately 62 percent are still obtaining their education, and only 22 percent live below the national poverty line. Higher minimum wages does not address the primary reason that people live below the poverty line. Low wages are not the main problem; the problem is that most people living below the poverty line do not work at all. According to the United States Census Bureau. (n.d.), 67 percent of people are living below the poverty line did not work, and only 25 percent worked part time.