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Question 1: Saarah

saarahhaqq — 2025-03-12 23:27:54 UTC

In the chapter, Desmond mentions how certain policies impact poverty and access to education, how do policies indirectly or directly contribute to poverty and access to education? If you were proposing a bill, where would you start in terms of bettering issues around education?

Question 2: Carley

saarahhaqq — 2025-03-12 23:28:54 UTC

How does Desmond connect wealth and opportunity, and what changes could make opportunities equal for all?

Question 3: Jasmine

saarahhaqq — 2025-03-12 23:30:14 UTC

How is the education system an opportunity that is bought?

Question 4: Dani

saarahhaqq — 2025-03-12 23:30:56 UTC

Many people argue that education is the key to escaping poverty. Based on Desmond’s analysis, does the current U.S. education system truly provide equal opportunities for upward mobility?

Question 5: Taizse

saarahhaqq — 2025-03-12 23:31:21 UTC

How does low income negatively contribute to the cycle of poverty in the United States?

sophia bahrami

sbahram1 — 2025-03-14 13:16:09 UTC

Policies can continue systemic inequalities by keeping low-income communities trapped in poverty, which affects school funding and resource distribution by giving more funding and resources to more wealthy areas. To propose a bill that improves access, I would start by identifying the biggest challenges, like underfunded schools or expensive tuition, and focus on solutions like more funding and more financial support for students who need it the most.

Deborah Mensah

dmensah7 — 2025-03-14 13:16:43 UTC

Policies affect access to education by restricting access to education based on where you live. If I were to propose a bill to better education issues, I would start by addressing the issue of the disparity of resources between public schools.

Marcela

2025-03-14 13:16:53 UTC

If I were proposing a bill, I think I would try to ensure that everyone is equitable for education. Everyone having the right equipment and materials needed for learning. Passing a bill that benefits those in rural and urban areas, private and public schools.

Teyana Sackey

2025-03-14 13:17:57 UTC

Policies like unnecessary tax cuts that grows the wage gap between those low-income and the rich. This creates a disparity among education because resources stay reserved for the rich versus everyone else. If I were to propose a bill I would make tax payer dollars go to the public school systems, have more funding in regards to scholarships for private schools.

2025-03-14 13:18:44 UTC

Policies affect education because there are some people that can’t get access to education and it’s affecting them.

2025-03-14 13:19:50 UTC

Policies can significantly affect education even if they look unrelated in a ripple-effect fashion. For example, zoning laws in the last century dropped property values of many black homes, which then directly affected the funds nearby schools had, which eventually led to lower values, etc. These types of situations made schooling that much harder for children. I would start with schools like those on the map we saw in lecture below the averages, and assessing commonalities as to why they fall (so far below) and trying to address these less tangible issues first.

Emily N

2025-03-14 13:20:17 UTC

I think policies can directly change the courses of a child's access to education, especially new curriculums. some curriculums need parent involment in order to work and not every child has that support at home, there is multidue of barriers that can be created when a child doesn't have the support to actually learn the material. what may work for one county doesn't work for another, often new policies are copy and paste practices which creates barriers in comprehension, from teachers not being trained in how to use the new material and kids not having the support to understand. i think if there is a bill proposed there should be indivualized curriculums to the communities that would be involved. some communities need more resources than others and those needs are not being met.

Mistere Moges

2025-03-14 13:20:18 UTC

Some changes that could make opportunities equal for all were more scholarships or aids that would decrease costs of attending high quality schools or obtaining a higher education rather than leaving students in greater debt or increasing the drop out rate.

sbahram1 — 2025-03-14 13:21:19 UTC

He shows how wealth helps create opportunities, but poverty keeps people stuck with minimal resources and opportunities. The rich have more access to good schools and jobs, but the poor usually does not have this, limiting their opportunities. Having things such as fair wages and better funded schools in less fortunate areas would help make opportunities equal for all, no matter their circumstances.

2025-03-14 13:21:19 UTC

Desmond connects wealth and opportunity because he talks about how there are some people that struggle with wealth and getting an opportunity to get something that they really need or want.

Emely

2025-03-14 13:22:39 UTC

Policies indirectly impact poverty by when there is a lack of policy. When we see this, sometimes it gives more room for people to be marginalized and discriminated which in turn can lead to poverty. If I was proposing a bill I would mandate a policy where there is more access to free lunch, school supplies, and better ways to access transportation.

Teyana Sackey

2025-03-14 13:23:11 UTC

the idea that the wealthy has “worked” for the resources and opportunities they’ve had uphold the stigma that people who are in poverty are “lazy”. Rather than thinking about the external factors that allows the economic gap slowly grow within education.

Deborah Mensah

dmensah7 — 2025-03-14 13:23:36 UTC

Desmond connects wealth and opportunity by highlighting how people who are more wealthy have the means to stay that way, they are not hindered by things such as taxes. Low-income people however have less of an opportunity to get out of it because they are hindered by taxes. Changes we could make opportunities equal is changing the tax system, so it is more equitable

Emely

2025-03-14 13:24:53 UTC

He talks about how difficult it is to get out of that poverty cycle when you're born in it. People who are born in to wealth usually stay that way but for those who aren't, have lesser resources and opportunities to get out of the cycle.

Mistere Moges

2025-03-14 13:25:42 UTC

The education system is a costly system that profits off allowing more fortunate families to go to better schools whilst those who are less fortunate must attend less or no school at all.

sbahram1 — 2025-03-14 13:26:28 UTC

Education is bought since wealthy families can afford high quality schools and tutors or other resources, while low-income students mostly attend underfunded schools with lower quality resources. The more money you have and put towards your education, the better quality of education you receive.

Marcela

2025-03-14 13:28:04 UTC

Public and private schools and universities come to a price that not everyone can afford. Students with healthier backgrounds often have an advantage in accessing better tuitions.

2025-03-14 13:28:36 UTC

The education system is an opportunity that is brought in the United States by providing resources for all students and making sure that they are getting the resources that they need.

Deborah Mensah

dmensah7 — 2025-03-14 13:28:44 UTC

The education system is an education system that is bought because the quality of a districts education is based on where you live. The higher the cost of housing it, the better the education gets.

Emely

2025-03-14 13:28:44 UTC

In order for people to receive a quality, good education, it requires money. The more funds a school has from its surrounding wealthy environment will help schools have better resources. But when you have lower wealth, you usually are in low-income areas therefore they have lower funded schools with less resources.

2025-03-14 13:29:36 UTC

There are a lot of funding and donations that go into schools having the resources they need. From tutors to teachers who teach elective courses it all comes with a price. But classism is what forces the idea of schools in low-income areas having a different landscape that charter or private schools.

Juan Perez

juann301 — 2025-03-14 13:31:34 UTC

Private schools is privatized education and opportunities. Even going through specific high schools gives students better access/connections to enter higher levels of education that bring along better job opportunities and internships.

Mistere

2025-03-14 13:31:58 UTC

I believe we're somewhat getting there as there are more financial aid opportunities, but the cost of attendance still raises, which makes it nearly impossible for low-income students to keep up with these prices.

sbahram1 — 2025-03-14 13:33:09 UTC

No, the education system does not provide equal opportunities for upward mobility since low-income students continue to be placed in underfunded schools and face financial barriers without much aid and funding to help them receive better opportunities. Instead of education helping them escape poverty, it still keeps people stuck where they are.

Deborah Mensah

dmensah7 — 2025-03-14 13:33:39 UTC

No, I think that it is a good wish, but unfortunately, that's not how it is. Now a days, it is much easier to get opportunities by knowing people rather than by having the educational credibility.

I feel like the US does not provide higher education opportunities because there are things that students need and the schools are not giving it to them. There needs to be an improvement in all schools in the United States.

2025-03-14 13:34:11 UTC

2025-03-14 13:34:33 UTC

No, because of two things a. the social landscape and b. the change of requirements. Education is now a stepping stone that gets you to the door but is no longer the key alone to becoming more effective in finding a job etc. Then the change of requirements amongst the new job market they either want someone under qualified or having a masters and up in regards to education credentials which costs more money as well.

Mistere

2025-03-14 13:38:40 UTC

Low-income jobs serve as the primary reason for the limitation of access to essential resources such as housing or food, opportunities, and support systems.

2025-03-14 13:39:47 UTC

As I mentioned in discussion question 2, stigma is one thing that stands out to me because the government assumes they’re doing a great job, while some people in the low-income, middle and upper-middle classes have this belief that poor people are poor by choice.

Low income negatively contributes to poverty because it limits access to basic needs like food, housing, healthcare, and education, and makes it difficult for individuals and families to escape poverty.

2025-03-14 13:40:18 UTC

sbahram1 — 2025-03-14 13:40:44 UTC

Having a low income traps people in poverty since it makes it impossible for them to catch up on their finances and get ahead of any debt they may have. When families can barely afford basic needs, saving or investing in education isn’t a priority, or maybe it's not even possible. This then leads to low-paying jobs, which creates a cycle that keeps repeating itself, low-income to low quality education to low-paying jobs.

Emely

2025-03-14 13:40:56 UTC

Low income negatively contributes to the cycle of poverty in the US that sometimes teacher aren't getting paid as much as they should be, especially with the lack of quality school resources. With that, it can contribute to students seeing that there school isn't as important because it is treated as unimportant. So, students could be choosing to attend school less in these low in come areas if they feel their school isn't helping them.

Deborah Mensah

dmensah7 — 2025-03-14 13:41:38 UTC

Low-income negatively contributes to the cycle of poverty by keeping people in poverty. Money is everything and low-income makes it much harder to get resources that could get people out of poverty and makes it easier to get resources that could keep people in poverty.