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Poverty is a complex issue. It has many facets and derives from both societal
and individual responsibilities. Of all the factors that enable poverty Education is one of the key elements in uplifting people and generations out of poverty.
There are numerous studies showing the affects of education on the likelihood that someone will live in poverty.
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In general, as individuals attain higher educational levels, the risk of living in poverty falls markedly. Of all those sixteen years of age and older in the labor force during 2002, those with less than a high school diploma had a much higher poverty rate (14.6%) than high school graduates (6.1%), according to the BLS in A Profile of the Working Poor, 2002 (September 2004). The lowest poverty rates were reported by workers with an associate degree (2.8%) or college degree (1.6%).
Quad Cities Interfaith is an advocate of Education in the Quad Cities area. We advocate education for all citizens of the Quad Cities at every level in their academic career. We advocate specific curriculum to meet the needs of those in poverty as well as advocating choice in schools to provide parents the means and choice to achieve an educational uplift out of poverty.
Quad Cities Interfaith also advocates the diversity of school districts. We are against the concentration of poverty in specific school boundaries. We believe concentration of specific economic classes in a specific school boundary concentrates poverty in that community. This concentration enables a lesser education experience and creates a persistence of poverty in that area and all the ills that accompany concentrated poverty. This persistence leads to lesser economic opportunity for that community.
We advocate diversity and choice in the educational system.
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