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Families trapped in the cycle of poverty have few to no resources. There are many self-reinforcing disadvantages that make it virtually impossible for individuals to break the cycle. [4] Lack of financial capital, education, and social connections all play a role in keeping the impoverished within the cycle of poverty. Those who are born into ...
Schools were supposed to receive equal resources but there was an undoubted inequality. It was not until 1968 that Black students in the South had universal secondary education. [103] Research reveals that there was a shrinking of inequality between racial groups from 1970 to 1988, but since then the gap has grown again. [1] [103]
Learned helplessness is the behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control. It was initially thought to be caused by the subject's acceptance of their powerlessness, by way of their discontinuing attempts to escape or avoid the aversive stimulus, even when such alternatives are unambiguously presented.
As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children's health. "On a good day before COVID, I'd get spit at, chewed on and bopped around by ...
Unequal access to education in the United States results in unequal outcomes for students. Disparities in academic access among students in the United States are the result of multiple factors including government policies, school choice, family wealth, parenting style, implicit bias towards students' race or ethnicity, and the resources available to students and their schools.
Exclusive: A group of 20 is trapped, with a week or two of supplies and no idea how and when they will get out
Mental health in education is the impact that mental health (including emotional, psychological, and social well-being) has on educational performance.Mental health often viewed as an adult issue, but in fact, almost half of adolescents in the United States are affected by mental disorders, and about 20% of these are categorized as “severe.” [1] Mental health issues can pose a huge problem ...
Rosenthal and Jacobson's study of the Pygmalion effect was criticized for both weak methodology and lack of replicability (see Pygmalion in the Classroom). The prior research that motivated this study was conducted in 1911 by psychologists regarding the case of Clever Hans , a horse that gained notoriety because it was supposed to be able to ...