The Poverty Problem

<p style=border: none;><strong><em><span>Improve outcomes for students in poverty by understanding their developing brains</span></em></strong></p><p><span>Economic hardship is changing our students’ brain structures at a genetic level producing psychological behavioral and cognitive issues that dramatically impact learning behavior physical health and emotional stability. But there is hope.</span></p><p><span>This groundbreaking book by one of the nation’s top experts in brain science and resilience offers solutions that will change minds attitudes and behaviors. Learn about how problems develop between people of different races how the brain develops in persistent poverty and how it might react to solutions. Inside you will find real-life applications on topics including:</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p style=margin-left: 0.5in;><span>?       </span><span>The lack of culturally competent instruction and its impact on students of color</span></p><p style=margin-left: 0.5in;><span>?       </span><span>Poverty's effect on language development and how it can be positively influenced</span></p><p style=margin-left: 0.5in;><span>?       </span><span>The importance of reading</span></p><span>How to counteract the effects of the widespread stress in lower SES environments</span>