Question

read paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 from the passage. what is the authors main idea in this excerpt? the collapse of marriage is the primary cause of child poverty in the united states. focusing on marriage to alleviate poverty is an indirect way to comment on the morality of poor parents. focusing on the collapse of marriage takes attention away from a more important focus of providing quality education to children. government solutions to poverty, such as creating jobs and improving education, are not as effective as promoting marriage. reading passage the link between education and poverty 1. imagine a classroom of 20 children, ready for learning. in this class, 12 of them - over half - are considered low - income or poor. of the 72 million children in the united states, more than 45 million of them are growing up in low - income or poor families. that is 64 percent of children in the richest country in the world living just above or under the poverty line (jiang 1). there are many causes to poverty, but none as inextricably linked as education. in fact, children whose parents have less than a high school degree have a significantly increased chance of growing up in poverty (jiang 5). poverty and lack of education are connected in a continuing, ever - worsening cycle. in fact, poverty is both a cause and an effect of lack of education. 2. one of the ways poverty negatively impacts educational outcomes is that poorer neighborhoods are not able to fund their schools adequately. public schools are funded with property taxes from the surrounding areas, meaning that poorer neighborhoods bring in less tax revenue, resulting in less funding for their schools.

Explanation:

The text discusses the relationship between marriage collapse, poverty, and education. It argues that focusing on marriage collapse as a way to alleviate poverty takes attention away from providing quality education. The main idea is that the collapse of marriage is considered the primary cause of child poverty in the US.

Answer:

The collapse of marriage is the primary cause of child poverty in the United States.