With that being said, while a minimum wage increase may lift some families out of poverty, they push even more families into poverty as employers try to control cost by eliminating jobs, displacing low skilled adults for more productive employees or shaving work schedules. Equally important, raising the minimum wage can have the unintended consequence of actually costing the working poor most of the higher earning accompanying their wage increases. A mandated increase may reduce government assistance programs, such as food stamps, Medicare benefits, housing subsidies and even welfare payments. You can therefore state, as earned incomes rises, public assistance
This is a big influence on student’s educational achievement as they do not have enough money to buy the necessary equipment for school such as revision guides. Also, if a student comes from a poor background, the house is more likely to be overcrowded. This means that they do not have a quiet place to study and do their homework which puts them at a disadvantage. Thay may not be able to afford educational trips etc. this is known as cultural deprivation.
When companies can produce more due to demand they are able to hire more workers, which can lower the unemployment rate. Lowering the unemployment rate will provide more income tax revenue to the government and fewer citizens taking unemployment benefits. Conversely, when exports decrease consumers pay less money for products causing domestic profits to decline and companies are unable to maintain or increase their workforce causing the unemployment rate to
The environment of prejudice and discrimination will have a very negative impact on children. Depending on how long it goes on for, the child’s learning will suffer. They will not want to join in any activities, as this would draw attention to themselves, feel part of the class and won’t settle and be happy. So academically their progress will suffer, which is totally wrong as every child has the right to learn and be happy at school. Discrimination and prejudice can have a long term impact on any child.
I argue other wise immigrants are usually skilled labor and they help increase the local production of the United States. Immigrants tend to send their US dollars outside America to their families, and this strengthens the value of the dollar, making it more valuable, thereby making the economy of US stronger. Having a variety of cultures helps people understand and learn from each other. Taking immigration away would hurt this country not only economically but also
Economic Arguments Against Open Borders a. Immigration can change the balance of the nations economy and push wages down significantly. b. The costs of welfare, healthcare, education, travel systems, and public parks might rise. c. Migrants may take jobs of current citizens, putting numerous individuals out of work.
Also, if the child does not perform at his/her best, it greatly reduces the self-esteem not only of the child but the parents as well. The child and parents will receive continuous negative comments and feel pushed away. A child with ADHD’s most difficult environment is in a classroom being told to sit still, do not move, do not talk, and to pay attention to worksheets and finish them. None of these things come easily to parents whose child has ADHD, but day by day, off to school the children
Negative public perceptions of this process can sometimes trump private or public efforts to revitalize communities. Nearly anywhere one turns in the United States, especially in the older communities of the North East and South, has a case of economies and employment rates suffering the most from post-industrial globalization era. This is due to the concept of using gentrification as a means to economic development has become so popular and
1) Suggest three factors within schools that may lead to the educational under-achievement of pupils from some minority ethnic groups. (6marks) 2) Suggest three material factors that might cause working-class educational underachievement. (6 marks) One material factor that may cause working class underachievement is lack of workspace at home. Poverty leads to material deprivation whereby this involves cramped housing, an environment where the child has no space for homework and where illnesses spread quickly. This means that the children are unable to do homework, thus fall behind on work in class, which in turn leads to low educational attainment.
Unfortunately, the FCAT does not evaluate student’s performance correctly due to students that fall under pressure. The pressure that student’s feel and encounter is also known as test anxiety. According to Channel 7 reporter Erica Rakow’s in the article “FCAT Stresses Students Out, she claims” The responsibility of passing both reading and math portion of the FCAT in 10 grade adds a stressful ambiance to students who really do not want to retake it as a junior (par.2). Rakow also points out “That responsibility includes promotions to the next grade, and future funding for their school. Some students get so worked up about the test they can’t even get through it (par.3).