There are two kinds of relation-ships between education and economics .One is positive , and is that education and economics mu-tually promote each other .The second one is nega-tive and is that education and economics obstruct each other .This paradox between education and e-conomics is mainly due to the reality of a reverse flow of talents in poverty areas , that is, a poverty area becomes poorer when its education develops . According to this viewpoint , it seems that the first poverty reduction pilot zone —i. e.the Wuling Mountain area—needs to slow down its education development , and re-examine the priority policy for education development .However , the leaders or general cadres who have engaged in poverty re-duction work for a long time always say , “ Train-ing a college student will help one family get rid of poverty”.What makes the disconnect between the theory and reality? What makes education ’ s effect on poverty reduction so obvious?