Teaching Reading Comprehension to Children of Poverty

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Kena Price

DOI

10.58809/HNRD2123

Abstract

In 2007 18% of children in the United States were living in poverty, and 12.5% of the entire population lived in poverty, which amounts to 37.3 million people (US Census Bureau Poverty 2007). To be considered actually living in poverty, not just poor, a single person home had to report an annual income of $10,590 or less, while a home with four people residing in it needed to report $21,203 annual salary (US Census Bureau Poverty Thresholds). These statistics demonstrate the overwhelming need for teachers to know how to best teach students coming from poverty. Almost 20% of our students live in actual poverty, which indicates that a substantial portion of our students must be living in homes that struggle financially. It would be irresponsible not to address the different learning needs of poor students.

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Price, Kena (2010) "Teaching Reading Comprehension to Children of Poverty," Academic Leadership: The Online Journal: Vol. 8: Iss. 3, Article 42.
DOI: 10.58809/HNRD2123
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/alj/vol8/iss3/42