Revised edition of the author's A framework for understanding poverty, [2013].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-274) 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 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 capital and sustainability? -- Appendix F. Study guide.

The 5th edition features an enhanced chapter on instruction and achievement; greater emphasis on the thinking, community, and learning patterns involved in breaking out of poverty; plentiful citations, new case studies, and data: more details findings about interventions, resources, and causes of poverty, and a review of the outlook for people in poverty---and those who work with them.