Lately I have been having some trouble trying to find sources to prove individuals get academically affected due to low income. So I found an article written by Carol J.Carter.
I've came to the conclusion that it all starts from the beginning. In low-income households adults are less likely to hold high school diplomas or degrees of higher education, as a result students lack positive academic role models.So from young most children that live in a low income homes aren't exposed to things that are relevant toward school such as books. In middle income neighborhoods there are 13 books per child in the household. But for children who live in low income homes that's not exactly the case. There is one book per every 300 children. In most cases middle class homes set high standards for their children from a very young age but for low income children school isn't exactly a priority. Children from low income families hear as many as 30 million fewer words by the age of 4 than their higher-income peers. According to The Southern Education Foundation, 51 percent of students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the 2012-2013 school year were eligible for the federal program that provides free and or reduced price lunches and the number continues to rise. This means that in public schools, a growing number of children start kindergarten already behind their more privileged peers and rarely, if ever, catch up. Due to their lack of support at home are more likely to lead their interest toward other things aside from school and eventually to drop out and never attend college. Eventually children from these low income families make families of their own and continue this horrendous cycle.
WORK CITED
Carter, Carol J, “Why Aren’t Low-Income Students Succeeding in School?”, Huffingtonpost.com, 03/19/2014, 11/14/2017, NP
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