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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-274) and index.

1. Resources, 'reality, ' and interventions : how they impact 'situated learning' -- 2. Language and story : how they impact thinking, school, and work -- 3. Hidden rules among classes : how they impact relationships with people different from you -- 4. The 'situated learning' reality of generational poverty : how it impacts navigation of one's life -- 5. Role models and emotional resources : how they provide for stability and success -- 6. Support systems and parents : how they impact the ability to do homework and to navigate school and work -- 7. Creating relationships : how and why one is motivated to learn and change -- 8. Discipline : how to manage personal behavior so one can 'win' in a given environment -- 9. Instruction and improving achievement : how to live in the abstract representational world of school and work -- 10. Poverty and intersectionality : how poverty intersects with race, health, immigration -- 11. Poverty and the brain : how poverty impacts brain development -- 12. The parents of children in poverty : how to understand where they're coming from -- Appendix A. resources and interventions -- Appendix B. What are the causes of poverty? : excerpt from Understanding and engaging under-resourced college students -- Appendix C. What information does A framework for understanding poverty have that cannot be obtained easily from other sources? -- Why do critics love to hate it and practitioners love to use it? -- Appendix D. Poverty statistics -- Appendix E. Where do we go from here? : how do communities develop intellectual ca[[ital and sustainability? -- Appendix F. Study guide .