Inequality in Education

M. Raphael

English 24

Spring 2008

Prof. J. Taub

Education

Education is a key for success. Every child deserves to have a good education because children are the future of generation. If the educational system fails to provide them outstanding schools, they can not reach their goals. However since the beginning of slavery blacks are struggling to have equal opportunity of education that holds them back to live better lives. Black children are more likely to attend the failing schools, overcrowding and under staff. In the contrary, the whites counterpart are able to attend well equipment schools better qualify teachers and disciplinary schools

In the community where less privilege children are living they are more likely to drop out of schools because the teachers assign for the schools have low expectation. In addition, schools in the neighborhood do not have enough equipment they need for their children to have instruction. Most people who are living in the area are low income. They cannot support those schools financially. Even though these children are willing to learn because of lack of the material they cannot do well. Education system avoids children in the minority to have a better achievement. The teachers also cannot give them enough instruments they need that allow them to have a better future because the classes are too crowding. For this reason, for most students in the minority classes their grades are below the overage, they cannot pass their classes and the standardized tests.

Minorities do not have the same curriculum than white’s counterpart because of inequality in education is not unusual, but,