This website is dedicated to informing about poverty in America. It describes how America is pulling itself apart and several communites are below the standard of the economic average. This website discusses the people who are most at risk for ending up in poverty and how most people are living in poverty at no fault of their own. This website also goes into how children are phycologically effected and that they feel they will live in the same conditions as their parents when they are adults themselves. This website targets several areas that I will focus on in my research paper. Some of these areas include the types of people who are most likely to live in poverty, and the effects poverty has on children.
"Hard at Work But Can't Buy Food." _CNN Money_. 2004. 11 Oct. 2007. < http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/16/news/economy/poverty_corporate/index.htm >
This article from CNN is all about people who have steady jobs but are still forced to live life in poverty. It talks about how people who are living in poverty usually have a lot of worries, such as where they will get money for their next meal, and thus do not perform work duties as well as they could. This website also gives several facts about poverty, such as 6.2% of all Americans who work live below the poverty standards. In my research paper I will focus on this specific issue. This article does not help solve my research question, but it helps describe the issue in greater detail.
Clemmitt, Marcia. "Evaluating Head Start." CQ Researcher 15.29 (2005): 685-708. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Paul A. Elsner Library, Mesa, AZ. 11 Oct. 2007
This book is about the preschool program Head Start that directed for poor children. It has recently been a topic considered by the government. Right now they are deciding how to improve this program and if they want to put it in the hands of state officials instead of the federal government. Although Head Start proves to be working well for these children, they are now requiring that 50% of all the teacher have at least a Bachelors degree by 2011. This is one thing that the government is doing right. They are helping children to see they can have a good future, and not destined to live in poverty as they are now.
Berliner, BethAnn. "Educating Homeless Students." 2002. Education Resources Information Center. Mesa, AZ. 11 Oct. 2007. < http://www.eric.ed.gov >
This book is about how homeless children should be educated and taught just as much as children not living in poverty and should be treated the exact same. It suggests that education facilites work with shelter homes, where the children may be living, to make sure they are attending school regularly. This book also suggest that schools help children buy supplies that they need that they cannot afford. This book is directed at solving the problems of poverty, and not just focusing on what the problems are. This is one way that poverty can be aided, at little expense to the school or parents. I will cover this topic and topics closely related in my research paper. This is a very strong resource.
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