The period to the left conveys, from bottom to top, the biggest needs that our students in poverty have. From bottom to top, it conveys the urgency of the needs, for example, food and shelter are needs that EVERYONE has, which are often unmet for our students in poverty.
1) Situational Poverty
2) Generational Poverty
3) Absolute Poverty
4) Relative Poverty
5) Urban Poverty
6) Rural Poverty
The list above conveys the seven ways that poverty impacts our students' lives, in and out of school.
This TED Talk explains poverty's impacts on the brain and some major takeaways from Jensen's work.
Our instructional design and curricular designs must include differentiation for our students with the social/emotional and learning needs that result from living in poverty.
If our instructional methods or systems do not fit the needs of our students, it's our job to create educational opportunities that DO.