In this session you will learn about the negative effects of
poverty on student achievement. One out of every five children are living in
poverty in the United States (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2017) and although
some progress has occurred, a substantial poverty rate among children persists.
Dr. Paul Gorski’s approach to this issue is to reframe our thinking that leads us out of the deficit approach to addressing the needs of these
students and engaging his audiences in discussion about how beliefs, attitudes,
and behaviors toward students from poverty can be transformed. Dr. Gorski refers
to this transformation as “becoming equity-literate educators.” Dr. Gorksi will
encourage you to rethink values and beliefs about students and families from poverty and to critically examine the practices designed to increase student
achievement. Reconceptualizing and rethinking the ways in which students from poverty are educated helps you to implement thoughtful ways to
create classrooms and schools in which all students experience educational
equity and respond with favorable results.