Racial Segregation In Today's School System
Today’s school system faces the same inequalities that parallel to the problems with racial segregation back in the 1900s. While racial segregation laws are established in today’s school, there exists a segregation in the case of different economic levels. In the case of ((school districts/education))) the upper class has an advantage within the education system. The upper class has an advantage as they can afford private schooling, which typically provides students with better resources than a public school. This puts kids who are raised in not as fortunate families at a disadvantage; those kids cannot help that they go to public and not private schooling. Consequently, for those kids who come from poorer neighborhoods, if they do begin to
struggle in school it sets them up for a pathway to failure. Unlike upper-class families, these parents can not afford a private tutor for their children. The only available resources that they can afford, are those coming directly from the school and most of the time kids won’t take those opportunities as it doesn’t fit into their schedules the way a private tutor would. This poses an injustice for those kids that are struggling in school and don’t have the opportunity to get a tutor, because of their family’s financial situation. Schools in richer neighborhoods tend to have more resources for their students as well as ((better teachers)))). Statistically, those schools with the better (more resources), tend to score a lot higher than the schools with the lesser resources. At the end of their educational career, students are left with graduation and the possibility of going off to college. All students are going to have to take the ACT or SAT to be admitted into college. ((develop it more)) The only way to help these kids is to make a change in the education system. But as MLK discusses, change is a lot easier said than done.
struggle in school it sets them up for a pathway to failure. Unlike upper-class families, these parents can not afford a private tutor for their children. The only available resources that they can afford, are those coming directly from the school and most of the time kids won’t take those opportunities as it doesn’t fit into their schedules the way a private tutor would. This poses an injustice for those kids that are struggling in school and don’t have the opportunity to get a tutor, because of their family’s financial situation. Schools in richer neighborhoods tend to have more resources for their students as well as ((better teachers)))). Statistically, those schools with the better (more resources), tend to score a lot higher than the schools with the lesser resources. At the end of their educational career, students are left with graduation and the possibility of going off to college. All students are going to have to take the ACT or SAT to be admitted into college. ((develop it more)) The only way to help these kids is to make a change in the education system. But as MLK discusses, change is a lot easier said than done.