Editing Poverty threshold (section)

====Impacts on education====
Living below the poverty threshold can have a major impact on a child's education.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal |last1=Engle |first1=Patrice L. |last2=Black |first2=Maureen M. |title=The Effect of Poverty on Child Development and Educational Outcomes |journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |date=25 July 2008 |volume=1136 |issue=1 |pages=243–256 |doi=10.1196/annals.1425.023 |pmid=18579886 |bibcode=2008NYASA1136..243E |s2cid=7576265 |url=https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=psycd_fac |doi-access=free }}</ref> The psychological stresses induced by poverty may affect a student's ability to perform well academically.<ref name=":2" /> In addition, the risk of poor health is more prevalent for those living in poverty.<ref name=":2" /> Health issues commonly affect the extent to which one can continue and fully take advantage of his or her education.<ref name=":2" /> Poor students in the United States are more likely to dropout of school at some point in their education.<ref name=":2" /> Research has also found that children living in poverty perform poorly academically and have lower graduation rates.<ref name=":2" /> Impoverished children also experience more disciplinary issues in school than others.<ref name=":2" />

Schools in impoverished communities usually do not receive much funding, which can also set their students apart from those living in more affluent neighborhoods.<ref name=":2" /> There is much dispute over whether upward mobility that brings a child out of poverty may or may not have a significant positive impact on his or her education; inadequate academic habits that form as early as preschool typically are unknown to improve despite changes in socioeconomic status.<ref name=":2" />