Compose a description of poverty using the Books, Kozol, and Jensen readings. W

Compose a description of poverty using the Books, Kozol, and Jensen readings. What are some of its main characteristics? Who experiences it? What is the experience like? What federal, state, and/or local policies or practices affect people living in poverty? What stigmas are associated with it? 2-3 paragraphs. Attach a picture of what you think of when you imagine “poverty,” either at home or at school.
Required
texts
Kozol, J. (2012). Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in
America. New York: Broadway Books.
Books, S. (2004). Poverty and Schooling in the U.S.: Contexts and
Consequences. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.