Poverty and Education

Some advocates who want to see an end to poverty bolster the idea that to do so one need only to get a decent education. These same folks say that getting a wonderful education will almost certainly guarantee a good source of income and then all will be well.

Other citizens feel that only when the cycle of poverty has ended will we be able to do something about improving the quality of education. These people see better incomes and improved jobs as providing the sources of money to make our schools better.

These both sound like great possibilities and there is merit to both of these propositions. But alone, they aren't nearly enough. The causes and complexities of poverty, along with the continuous generational existence of this scourge, necessitates that multiple strategies must be called upon. My point is this, no single program, no single individual and no single initiative will end something as sinister as poverty.

One thing is certain, the individual person, family, and neighborhood will need our assistance to end the perils of poverty.

Dick