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Semuels, Alana. “A Different Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Commented [1]: Think we need a cover page

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This magazine article examines generational poverty and what people are doing to solve the problem. The
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authors in this article do not debate whether someone can escape poverty within three generations. Commented [5]: Make sure to specify which type of
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poverty. They talk about what causes generational poverty within families. The authors stress education
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as a key factor in poverty. They talk about an organization known as The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The AECF is the program that is trying to implement the two-generational approach. They are trying to

help at risk children and families all around the United States. The biggest question that is approached in

this article is whether or not this new two generational approach can be the solution to generational

poverty. There have been other efforts by different organizations in the past but none have been

successful thus far. This new program allows parents to register with the career-development center to

develop their job skills while the kids get free education through pre-K. This allows parents to work

towards better jobs instead of taking care of the kids all day. This article provides an overview of what

people are trying to do to solve the problem of generational poverty. It is aimed toward people who are

willing to help in the community. It is not a biased piece, but instead it is more informational and

inspiring. It makes people want to get involved and help at risk families and children. The author of this

article, Alana Semuels, has a Bachelor of Arts in American History and Literature from Harvard

University. Alana Semuels is now a journalist for The Atlantic. Within this article she showed why this

two generational programs is going to work even though all the others failed in the past. She also

provided us with factors contributing to generational poverty. I will be using this source throughout the

rest of the semester because it provides good base knowledge of how people are trying to help. This is a

great article to use for my research now and in the future. It has allowed me to get a better understanding

of the two generational approach to stopping poverty, and how education affects those people in poverty.
Brady Michelow

Duarte, Rosa, et al. “How to Escape Poverty through Education?: Intergenerational Evidence in Spain.”

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Poverty is everywhere you look. It is in the suburbs, rural areas, and urban areas. Every country is

affected by the likes of poverty. This peer-reviewed articles research is focused on Spain. However, Commented [10]: Sounds more like the hook of a
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almost all of the information in this article can relate to poverty all over the globe. This article is focused

primarily on how to escape poverty through education. The article states, “poverty in childhood

increases the chances of poverty in adulthood.” This tells me that generational poverty occurs

everywhere. The author also states that Spain is no different from everywhere else when it comes to

poverty. This text really stresses the fact that education is one of the biggest roles within generational

poverty. One of the biggest arguments in this article is whether or not having a secondary education will

help you escape poverty. Secondary education is also known as high school. Roughly 51 percent of the Commented [11]: Could be explained within the
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people that live in Spain received a secondary education. This article concludes that, “The probability that

the respondent has completed secondary education is determined, although not exclusively, by the family

conditions of the respondents when they were teenagers.” This is interesting in regard to poverty because

it tells us that family plays a huge role in an adolescents life. They are influenced by the people around

them, and this can help them escape poverty or make it worse. This article provides a very good summary

for some of the factors that lead to poverty. The study that they used throughout the article provided

evidence and proof of generational poverty, and why it happens. This text is directed towards scholars,

students, and anyone else who wants to know more about generational poverty. This piece of writing is

informative or expository. This text is not one sided, and that is why I love it. It allows me to get

information that I need in a neutral way. It does not influence my opinion on the matter in either direction.

All three of the authors of this paper are professors at Zaragoza University in Spain. They all do research

in the field of economics which is a great background to have for this particular article. I will use this text

to help me with my research in the future. It provides a great overview of poverty and some reasons as to

why it happens.
Brady Michelow

Wagmiller, Robert Lee, and Robert M Adelman. “Childhood and Intergenerational Poverty.” NCCP.

Child Poverty, 30 Nov. 2009, www.nccp.org/publications/pub_909.html. Commented [12]: Accessed

The National Center for Children in Poverty is an organization that conducts research and assist children

that are living in poverty. They have many articles on their website about poverty and the article I chose is

about intergenerational poverty. This article provides an extreme amount of data on generational poverty.

It also discusses the factors that contribute to the problem. Some of the factors include

education/employment opportunities, how much the child is around poverty, role models, and race. This

article provides many studies that have been conducted to help back up their information. One study

shows that African-Americans have about a 42 percent chance to remain in poverty. On the other hand,

whites only have about a 17 percent chance to stay within the poverty cycle. 65 percent of children never

experience poverty in the United States. 75 percent of white children never experience poverty, while less

than 33 percent of African-Americans never experience it. These facts helped me understand how terrible

this situation is. Poverty has always been an issue in the world, and this article will help open people’s

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up what they are saying. The article then transitions into the possible consequences of growing up poor.

The largest consequence that comes with growing up poor is that you have almost no chance to make it

out of the poverty cycle. This article does not give an description on how to help the situation. Rather, it

provides a substantial amount of facts on poverty. It provides a lot of numbers and statistics to add

credibility and context to this article. This is a reliable website that was made by an organization that is

trying to stop poverty. This article was intended for anyone who is interested in poverty and wants to

know facts about it. This text shows many statistics to back up their findings, However, it doesn’t provide

any solutions. The article from The Atlantic showed a way to stop poverty and also provided some

informative facts. The authors, Robert Lee Wagmiller and Robert M. Adelman, are both professors of

Sociology at Buffalo University. The authors used several sources and they are listed at the bottom of the

article. Overall I would recommend this article to anyone who is studying poverty. I will use this source

in future research to give me more facts when I need them.

Brady Michelow