Introduction
Poverty is the global phenomenon that stretches across both time and place, affecting
every region of the world in some way, and because of this, it is is a phenomenon of humanity that pervades every feasible culture of man. With this in mind, it is possible to recognize certain universal causal factors that can be directly linked to the fundamental nature of poverty. Recognizing the local circumstances within the regions of the country are key when it comes to properly understanding the issues involving poverty and proposing
strategies to further the understanding of this phenomenon. It is both history and geography that act as the greatest common denominators in explaining the intrinsic reasons that perpetuate any one society’s poverty level.
Although there is no agreed upon strategy about how the government should go about mitigating the high percentage of impoverished populations, there is a theory of commonality that maintains public education is the institution most likely to have an effect on poverty levels. Just as poverty cannot be made sense of outside of the location it affects, neither too, can public education be used to the benefit of a community if the needs of that community are neglected. With this in mind, public education should be promoted on a level of locality...fully equipped to address any given community according to its own foremost needs.
Poverty
in the city of Birmingham is astronomically higher than the rest of the
rest of the United States and levels have remained at a plateau for the
last half a century. Birmingham's unique history correlates to its public education system, and if we are to attempt to remedy the growing problem of the city's poverty level, we must look into the past to see the connections to today, and to realize what we as a citizenry can do to change tomorrow.
every region of the world in some way, and because of this, it is is a phenomenon of humanity that pervades every feasible culture of man. With this in mind, it is possible to recognize certain universal causal factors that can be directly linked to the fundamental nature of poverty. Recognizing the local circumstances within the regions of the country are key when it comes to properly understanding the issues involving poverty and proposing
strategies to further the understanding of this phenomenon. It is both history and geography that act as the greatest common denominators in explaining the intrinsic reasons that perpetuate any one society’s poverty level.
Although there is no agreed upon strategy about how the government should go about mitigating the high percentage of impoverished populations, there is a theory of commonality that maintains public education is the institution most likely to have an effect on poverty levels. Just as poverty cannot be made sense of outside of the location it affects, neither too, can public education be used to the benefit of a community if the needs of that community are neglected. With this in mind, public education should be promoted on a level of locality...fully equipped to address any given community according to its own foremost needs.
Poverty
in the city of Birmingham is astronomically higher than the rest of the
rest of the United States and levels have remained at a plateau for the
last half a century. Birmingham's unique history correlates to its public education system, and if we are to attempt to remedy the growing problem of the city's poverty level, we must look into the past to see the connections to today, and to realize what we as a citizenry can do to change tomorrow.
Begin this path: Introduction
- The Different Definitions of Poverty
- The United States' Definition of Poverty
- Unintended Ramifications of the War On Poverty Movement
- Where does Education fit into the equation?
- A Historical Southern Sentiment on Race and Education
- Demographic and Geographic Profiles of Inner City and Outer City Public Schools of Birmingham
- Insights to Possible Future Research
- Survey/Research Conclusions
Discussion of "Introduction"
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