Students who live in disadvantaged areas should have access to the supports and resources they need to have a decent shot at a quality education. But the reality is much different. According to A Rotting Apple: Education Redlining in New York City by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, students of color who live in the lowest income areas of New York City are actually less likely to receive the necessary support to give them that critical step-up.
“Unequal learning opportunities for poor students and students of color have become the status quo in New York City,” said John Jackson, president of the Schott Foundation. “The current policy landscape does very little to give these young people access to the supports, types of schools or qualified teachers that give them a substantive opportunity to learn.”
This article is about the opportunity gap in American schools. Mainly, it states that children raised in low income households or people of color (mainly black or hispanic children) have less of an opportunity to go to a good school. Their research states that high-poverty districts in New York have "significantly fewer high-quality teachers" as well as black and hispanic students are four times less likely to be enrolled in a good school.
