Students Still Have Unequal Access To Educational Opportunities - 10 views

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  #1 Jasmine Wright on 07 Nov 12

   

  In a report offered by the US Department of Education, many schools are not offering equal education to all of their students despite efforts in education reforms. This article offered some interesting statistics that varied by states here in the US-take a look! Reminded me of lots of the same issues of inequality in the book The Children in Room E4.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In a report offered by the US Department of Education, many schools are not offering equal education to all of their students despite efforts in education reforms. This article offered some interesting statistics that varied by states here in the US-take a look! Reminded me of lots of the same issues of inequality in the book The Children in Room E4.</div>

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  #2 theresabru on 07 Nov 12

   

  Articles like this should be motivation enough to make education reform a priority in the US. I was surprised that FL was noted to have more equality because I thought it was known that FL had a lower quality of public education when compared to the rest of the country (though I suppose it has been improving). I love the quote at the end of the article: "The fact that some states have eliminated these disparities proves that if we make this a priority of policy it can be done." I believe education disparity is a conquerable issue and it does need to be a high priority.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Articles like this should be motivation enough to make education reform a priority in the US. I was surprised that FL was noted to have more equality because I thought it was known that FL had a lower quality of public education when compared to the rest of the country (though I suppose it has been improving). I love the quote at the end of the article: "The fact that some states have eliminated these disparities proves that if we make this a priority of policy it can be done." I believe education disparity is a conquerable issue and it does need to be a high priority.</div>

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  #4 K. Allen on 08 Nov 12

   

  I do agree that students still have unequal access to educational opportunities. Depending on where you live, the "majority" and your intellectual abilities are main concerns as to how "educational opportunity" are passed out. Minorities are put at great risk by the American tradition of allowing enormous variation in the qualifications of teachers. Schools with the highest percentages of minority with low-income students are more likely to employ beginning teachers than those with the lowest percentage of minority. Teachers who have higher test scores, attended higher quality colleges and universities, and have more experience teaching mainly teach upper middle class students, very few of whom are minorities. Students in poor or predominantly minority schools are much less likely to have teachers who are fully qualified or hold higher level degrees. These students shouldn't miss out on the chance to be highly educated because of their low income. I think Thomas Jefferson made it clear that by stating that everyone should have an education not for ourselves, but for our society to build our nation. He understood educating people is a superior way to establish an organized society - in means of having a greater understanding of cultures, resourcefulness, building our careers, having the quality of life, and so forth.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I do agree that students still have unequal access to educational opportunities. Depending on where you live, the "majority" and your intellectual abilities are main concerns as to how "educational opportunity" are passed out. Minorities are put at great risk by the American tradition of allowing enormous variation in the qualifications of teachers. Schools with the highest percentages of minority with low-income students are more likely to employ beginning teachers than those with the lowest percentage of minority. Teachers who have higher test scores, attended higher quality colleges and universities, and have more experience teaching mainly teach upper middle class students, very few of whom are minorities. Students in poor or predominantly minority schools are much less likely to have teachers who are fully qualified or hold higher level degrees. These students shouldn't miss out on the chance to be highly educated because of their low income. I think Thomas Jefferson made it clear that by stating that everyone should have an education not for ourselves, but for our society to build our nation. He understood educating people is a superior way to establish an organized society - in means of having a greater understanding of cultures, resourcefulness, building our careers, having the quality of life, and so forth.</div>

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