...Researchers have confirmed over the last several years that the highest scoring education systems are limited to wealthy, predominantly white areas, from which many children have been excluded due to their family’s income or ethnicity. After conducting research on America’s diverse public education system - one intended to be fair, equal, and just - I wondered how public education became so unfairly unequal, and how American schools can resolve these stark imbalances. In order to research the topic and answer the question at hand, I found...
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...Is the education system working for everyone or just a select few? Is the system that is in place only working for the up class and singling out minorities? The educational system can have its flaws in the learning outcome of students that come from lower income families and neighborhoods. After researching some information on the problems of the American Dream and the issues of the reasons to the outcome of the future of the educational system. In the article From Linda Darling-Hammond “Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education”. discusses about the problems of the educational system that students face in the United states and the causes that make this happen in the prosses of learning. Sometimes a problem can be when students don’t get the...
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...Separate, Still Unequal by Jonothan Kozol The general argument made by (Jonothan Kozol) in his work, Still Separate, Still Unequal is that there is still segregation in our schools all around the country. More specifically, (Kozol) argues that education starts even before pre-school and only the wealthy families are able to afford private programs for their children. He quotes Marina Warner “there are expensive children and there are cheap children” (pg6). In this passage, (Kozol) uses this quote to reiterate the point that he was making which was that middle-class/poor families don’t get the same education wealthy families get. The difference between early education is stressed by the author as he talks about wealthy families sending their children to advanced classes even before pre-school begins. Thus resulting in their children being smarter and having a better chance at success in the classroom atmosphere. In conclusion, (Kozol)’s belief is that every child in America should have equal opportunities to strive for excellence. The amount of money you have shouldn’t determine your academic success. In my view, Kozol is right because many individuals are being targeted at a young age and are told that they cannot succeed because of their certain circumstances. However, this shouldn’t be the case, every child should feel like they have the same chance at success. More specifically, I believe that all schools should be diverse and provide the same education every top tier...
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...Still Separate, Still Unequal Segregation is a topic that has been discussed for decades. Segregation in schools wasn't really dealt with. The government basically disguised it and kept it away from the public. Brown V. Board of Education, Plessy V. Ferguson, and Jim Crow Laws was the cover, but it didn't solve anything. Segregation isn't just about race, it's also financially. When money is involved in the situation there's a major advantage. Johnathan Kozol talks about how we're still separate, and unequal. Johnathan Kozol touched on some really great points, when it came down to gproving how we're separate, and unequal. Kozol digs a little deeper to back up his word on being separate and unequal. In the following paragraphs I will summarize Kozol's article "Still Separate, Still Unequal" and continue on what needs to be done to solve this problem. Many people wonder do segregation still exist, but not many people want to investigate. Jonathan Kozol, did a little more than investigate. Jonathan Kozol pointed out, in most poor neighborhoods the schools have mostly black and Hispanic students (348). The percentage of blacks and Mexicans students were higher than fifty percent. There was a teacher who was 65 years old who taught at a majority black school stated that "Out of eighteen years, this is the first white student I have ever taught" (348). It's not very common that white students attend underclass schools. Kozol stated that there is a school in New York City named...
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...Gender equality and equity are useful aspects in the development of communities. The importance of gender equality is underscored by its inclusion and recognised globally as one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. In this writing the writer would first define terms gender equality and equity. The writer is going to dwell much on issues like income generating projects, education, health services, politics, family issues, and religion which are some of the useful aspects that promotes community development. Gender equality is, first and foremost, a human right. According to Momsen (2004), gender equality means equal valuation of men and women and sameness in the enjoyment of rights, power, opportunities, treatment, and control of resources between male and females in the society. P (2007) congruently agrees with Momsen when depict Gender equality, as that men and women should receive equal treatment, unless there is a sound biological reason for different treatment. This concept is a key factor in the development of communities, where the ultimate aim is to provide equality in law and equality in social situations, especially in democratic activities and securing equal pay for equal work. Momsen (2004) went on to define gender equity as a process of achieving fairness and justice among men and women in distribution of opportunities, responsibilities and resources as well as accessing and controlling benefits from these resources. Kaiser (2005) as well defines gender...
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...Unequal school funding has been a social injustice across the United States for years. “There is an undeniable gap between rich and poor high schools in the United States.” (Dompierre, 2006, para 1) Schools across America are being given unequal amounts of funding therefore leading to not being able to provide equal per student funding. How the schools are funded, also plays a huge role in the amount of money the school receives. The schools rely heavily on funding from surrounding tax payers. If a school for example is in a low income area, it will not receive a lot of funding from the surrounding tax payers. “If a school is in an affluent area with lot money, the local property taxes will be high. Higher property taxes translate into more...
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...will be regarded as unequal to some extent. Before 1870 educational policies reproduced social class inequalities extremely as education was only available to a tiny minority of the population. This generally consisted of the wealthy as formal schooling included fees. Some lower class children received an education during this time which was taught by either the church or local charities however this was extremely limited and not everybody received this. This in itself is a social inequality as not all children received any educational opportunities so had to rely on the knowledge and socialisation of their families. As times progressed and as the need for better educated people came about the 1870 Forster Act was introduced in the country. This act ensured that all those who didn’t receive any educational opportunities previously would be able to receive education from an elementary school, this was introduced to stop their being any inequalities throughout the class. Sadly this act did not fully allow class inequality to disappear, this was down to the fact that the education that occurred in the elementary schools was still minimal as it was only available between the ages of 5 and 10 due to the fact that the government wanted only minimal reading, writing and arithmetic for success at future jobs. This was extremely unequal as the upper class children who still went to a fee paying school got to stay there till they were 18 and had a much thorough education to allow them greater...
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...| Suburban School Policy | Sociology 4560 | | | | Deosia Miller | 10/21/2014 | | Abstract A recent paper I wrote for this class led me to choose suburban school policy as my midterm paper. As I read about rising poverty, it made me think of the students in these suburbs and how they are affected by the economic shifts taking place. I found that suburban school policy has undergone changes as the demographic of the communities schools change. I was also found that other policy was indirectly responsible for some of the problems America’s suburbs are currently facing. Two top news stories in August – the tragedy in suburban Ferguson, Missouri, and the end of the white-student majority in U.S. public school enrollments nationwide – speak to the changing identity of our nation, our suburbs and our public schools. Most of us had never heard of Ferguson, Missouri until it experienced recent civil unrest this past August. As I became curious about the town, I found it was one of many that are experiencing a change from an all-white enclave to home for many Blacks and Hispanics. Indeed, American suburbs are in the midst of an identity crisis. In many metro areas, the affluent and the poor, people of color and whites, the well-educated and poorly educated are “trading places” across urban-suburban boundaries. In fact, the number of Americans living below the federal poverty line is now greater in the suburbs than the cities, and fewer than 20 percent of...
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...There has been an immense amount of philosophical work on the idea of equality in the last thirty years, resulting in a number of different conceptions of equality. In this paper, we define equality in a robust sense as ‘equality of condition’. The most general way of defining equality of condition is simply to say that it is the belief that people should be as equal as possible in relation to the central conditions of their lives. Equality of condition is not about trying to make inequalities fairer, or giving people a more equal opportunity to become unequal, but about ensuring that everyone has roughly equal prospects for a good life. It is tempting to call equality of condition ‘equality of outcome’ in order to contrast it with the idea of equal opportunity, but that can be a little misleading, because there is no plausible egalitarian theory that says that the outcomes of all social processes should be the same for everyone. Equality of condition is about cannot always institutionally guarantee that everyone’s needs for love, care and solidarity are met but we can try to arrange societies in ways that make this more or less likely. We can ensure that the balance between paid and generally unpaid care, love and solidarity work is such that the latter is facilitated, and is equally distributed. We can ensure that people are educated about care, love and solidarity relations, that employment, transportation networks and neighbourhoods are structured in a manner that facilitates...
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...play a crucial part in education. As an initial example, Storer et al. point to the...
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...society is still suffering from one-sidedness education. Mr. Kozol offers a wide bundle of statistical data to support his claim that most public schools are very much so segregated. Jonathan Kozol illustrates a grim reality about the unequal attention given to urban and suburban schools. He shows everyone involved in the education system that public schools are still separate and, therefore, still unequal. In his book he states that “during the 1990s, the portion of black students that attended majority white schools had decreased to a level lower than in any year since 1968. Almost seventy five percent of black and Latino students attend schools that are predominantly minority.”Suburban schools, which are primarily made up of white students, are given a far superior education than urban schools, which are primarily made up of Hispanics and African Americans. In Brooklyn, New York, at Adlai Stevenson High School, “97% of the students population are black or Hispanic, eight-tenths of one percent were white” He further offers some explanations for why such segregation still persists in public schools. He states that although there was great movement towards integration 35 or 40 years ago, soon its goals were abandoned and its victories were reversed.Although Supreme Court decisions such as Brown vs. The Board of Education and federal laws have upheld and supported the ideals of racial integration in our education system.This segregation is caused not by force...
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...Caucasian counterparts in employment, education, and even longevity. Moreover, minorities lead the categories of incarceration rates, poverty and overall population. I will discuss the most important inequality that should have the most effort put into it to be eliminated. Inequality in our education systems amongst minorities is an issue that every city in every state faces. Our goal as a nation is to help eliminate these inequalities in our educational system. This can only be done if everyone is on the same page and has the best interest for our youth, no matter the race. To understand the inequalities that minorities face on an every day basis, one must understand...
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...Still Separate, Still Unequal “Still Separate, Still Unequal”, written by Jonathan Kozol, describes the reality of urban public schools and the isolation and segregation the students there face today. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay, Kozol shows the reader, with alarming statistics and percentages, just how segregated Americas urban schools have become. He also brings light to the fact that suburban schools, with predominantly white students, are given far better funding and a much higher quality education, than the poverty stricken schools of the urban neighborhoods. Jonathan Kozol brings our attention to the obvious growing trend of racial segregation within America’s urban and inner city schools. He creates logical support by providing frightening statistics to his claims stemming from his research and observations of different school environments. He also provides emotional support by sharing the stories and experiences of the teachers and students, as well as maintaining strong credibility with his informative tone throughout the entire essay. Within this essay, there are many uses of rhetorical appeals including logos, pathos, and ethos. Jonathan Kozol uses reasoning, or logos, to prove that the education systems of today are still as separated and unequal for students based on the color of their skin or their race, as they were 50 years...
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...Education and Poverty in America Historically, education has been considered the “great socioeconomic equalizer” of American society, allowing all children an equal opportunity to succeed. Furthermore, a high-quality education is considered both a human and civil right however, educational experiences for children living in poverty continue to be substantially separate and unequal. In the United States, poverty is a common social, political and economic issue that has troubled Americans for years. Despite being better off today nearly 50 million Americans, including more than half of which are children currently live in poverty. In his poem, “Cause I Ain’t Got a Pencil,” Joshua T. Dickerson describes the damaging effects poverty has on...
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...Schools which had mostly black students had a much smaller budget, which meant that the facilities were not as good, teachers were payed unequal slaries and the schools were many times overcrowded. These smaller court cases grew and grew finally they were merged into one big case Brown vs. Board of Education. In this case there was a unanomous vote that the seperation of schools by race was unconstututional with the 14th Amendment. So to get kids together, socialy and to give a better education to all people in the United States busing between town districts was...
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