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  #1 Angel Hernandez on 08 Apr 13

   

  "Education- a force meant to erode class barriers appears to be fortifying them."
  
  I believe that education is the great equalizer, yet I agree with the quote above. Today's education system appears to be fortifying class barriers, not eroding them. I have heard it everywhere, our system needs to be reformed. The biggest issue that I have with the system is that it does not give every child the same opportunity to succeed. Even though a students family background has much to do with success and can sometimes predict his/her future, I firmly believe that a school district can do much more to alleviate the issue. A schools funds are distributed based on the local property taxes, meaning the rich are going to have rich schools and that the poor are going to have poor schools. With this being said, it is obvious that the rich are going to have many more resources than the poor could ever wish for. These resources/programs include mentoring, tutors, after school activities, and much more. The rich kids have a better opportunity to be better prepared for post-high school graduation. If the school district could distribute unequal funds to schools, meaning that the poor schools can receive more money to help promote and grow resources (to make up for the difference in the amounts of property taxes), these students can be better prepared to face the future. There is not just one solution to reducing the gap between classes, I also believe that school districts should help schools implement the correlates that the Effective Schools Movement created.
  Info on the Effective Schools Movement correlates can be found here:
  http://ces.ou.edu/7_correlates_effectiveness.html

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Education- a force meant to erode class barriers appears to be fortifying them." <br /> <br /> I believe that education is the great equalizer, yet I agree with the quote above. Today's education system appears to be fortifying class barriers, not eroding them. I have heard it everywhere, our system needs to be reformed. The biggest issue that I have with the system is that it does not give every child the same opportunity to succeed. Even though a students family background has much to do with success and can sometimes predict his/her future, I firmly believe that a school district can do much more to alleviate the issue. A schools funds are distributed based on the local property taxes, meaning the rich are going to have rich schools and that the poor are going to have poor schools. With this being said, it is obvious that the rich are going to have many more resources than the poor could ever wish for. These resources/programs include mentoring, tutors, after school activities, and much more. The rich kids have a better opportunity to be better prepared for post-high school graduation. If the school district could distribute unequal funds to schools, meaning that the poor schools can receive more money to help promote and grow resources (to make up for the difference in the amounts of property taxes), these students can be better prepared to face the future. There is not just one solution to reducing the gap between classes, I also believe that school districts should help schools implement the correlates that the Effective Schools Movement created. <br /> Info on the Effective Schools Movement correlates can be found here: <br /> <a href="http://ces.ou.edu/7_correlates_effectiveness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ces.ou.edu/7_correlates_effectiveness.html</a></div>

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