More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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I teach in a Title 1 School where 65% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Teaching students who live in poverty provides many challenges, the biggest being the perceived lack of opportunities for higher education for my students.
When you tell a child who lives in poverty to work hard and they'll get ahead, it means nothing if they're seeing their parents work two jobs to still have a poverty level income.
My goal as a teacher is to inspire my kids to want to go to college and get a higher paying job. I can do this by encouraging careers in the STEAM Field, (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) by providing learning opportunities that introduce them to projects in these areas.
In addition, research shows that girls have less opportunity to do STEAM activities as a young child, which hinders their growth and aptitude for careers in these higher paying career fields and distinctly limiting their options. I believe that by having my students create STEM projects with LEGOS and Magnetic Building Blocks, I can bridge the gap that occurs through gender based play in early childhood. It will also help spacial awareness in young children which will increase math achievement for both genders.
I also believe that academic "play" will help students who struggle academically to see that they have other talents and be seen as capable by their classmates, which will motivate them to try harder in traditional academic areas.
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I teach in a Title 1 School where 65% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Teaching students who live in poverty provides many challenges, the biggest being the perceived lack of opportunities for higher education for my students.
When you tell a child who lives in poverty to work hard and they'll get ahead, it means nothing if they're seeing their parents work two jobs to still have a poverty level income.
My goal as a teacher is to inspire my kids to want to go to college and get a higher paying job. I can do this by encouraging careers in the STEAM Field, (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) by providing learning opportunities that introduce them to projects in these areas.
In addition, research shows that girls have less opportunity to do STEAM activities as a young child, which hinders their growth and aptitude for careers in these higher paying career fields and distinctly limiting their options. I believe that by having my students create STEM projects with LEGOS and Magnetic Building Blocks, I can bridge the gap that occurs through gender based play in early childhood. It will also help spacial awareness in young children which will increase math achievement for both genders.
I also believe that academic "play" will help students who struggle academically to see that they have other talents and be seen as capable by their classmates, which will motivate them to try harder in traditional academic areas.