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Attacking the Wealth Gap and the Correlating Achievement Gap for Children Living in Poverty through Critical Determination

Chris Jackson (Rialto USD)
Heidi Luv Strikwerda (University of Redlands)

Minding the Marginalized Students Through Inclusion, Justice, and Hope

ISBN: 978-1-83982-795-2, eISBN: 978-1-83982-794-5

Publication date: 26 July 2021

Abstract

Poverty has many varying negative effects on the health and well-being of those enduring it. Specifically, in the world of education, regardless of the many educational reform efforts over the last 50 plus years, poverty results in markedly lower achievement regardless of the metric used to determine academic success. Through this work we hope to shine light on the wealth gap in contemporary American society and the academic achievement gap that is an inevitable consequence of this inequitable concentration of monetary means. We review various literature sources to illustrate this problem and propose possible research-based solutions to ameliorate this societal ill. Using our previous works which resulted in the creation of the theoretical foundational framework of Critical Determination, we identify tangible steps that PreK-16 professionals can readily apply in an effort to minimize the current wealth gap and correlating achievement gap experienced by many students on the margins of the American public education system.

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Jackson, C. and Strikwerda, H.L. (2021), "Attacking the Wealth Gap and the Correlating Achievement Gap for Children Living in Poverty through Critical Determination", Lalas, J.W. and Strikwerda, H.L. (Ed.) Minding the Marginalized Students Through Inclusion, Justice, and Hope (International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Vol. 16), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-363620210000016003

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