Riley's First Annotated Bibliography

Connell, R W. "Poverty and education. " Harvard Educational Review 64.2 (1994): 125-149. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2011.

In this article Connell argues that compensation programs such as Head Start do more harm than good. He believes that the educational system should be reconstructed in a way that emphasizes teacher experience and educational reasoning. He makes several valid points that relate to head starts influence on helping or not helping those who live in poverty. I found myself agreeing that compensating programs often leave children with unnecessary labels and a disadvantage to go with it. He also brings up that education systems try to encourage students to do better by inspiring competition among them. This he says can be harmful as it puts those with lesser resources at an immense disadvantage. He thinks that instead public education should encourage helping one another over self improvement. If we can accomplish this along with various other goals he mentioned there would be no need for compensation programs. The money for these programs could instead go to providing enough supplies for all students, etcetera. This article was amazing. Manny different paths popped up that I am really excited to look into. I almost wish I had come across this article earlier.