Poverty is not an “excuse,” as some school reformers charge, but it is a challenge and a reality facing many of our students that has a huge effect on their learning (and our teaching).
I thought it might be useful to take a look at very recent visualizations of poverty in the U.S. and around the world, and plan to update this list in future years.
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Here are my choices for The Best Visualizations Of Poverty In The U.S. & In The World:
IN THE UNITED STATES:
US poverty mapped – interactive is from The Guardian.
A picture of poverty state by state is an interactive from the Associated Press.
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for School Districts, Counties, and States are interactive maps from the U.S. Census. You can read more about them here.
Half In Ten has some excellent visualizations:
Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by State
Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by Congressional District
Interactive Map: Multiple Indicators
America’s poorest poor: the best and worst cities is another interactive from The Guardian.
The Kids Count Data Center is from The Annie Casey Foundation.
The American Human Development Index is from Measure of America.
Below The Line: Portraits of American Poverty is a photo gallery from TIME.
AROUND THE WORLD:
History of Poverty is an interactive from Christian Aid.
The Index Mundi has multiple maps.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index comes from the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative.
Human Development Index: how does your country compare? is from The Guardian.
Additional suggestions are welcome.
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