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Diversity In Education Case Study

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Latino’s are at a disadvantage when it comes to education, being that most minority groups/children and adolescents attend public schools within poverty-stricken areas. Many or several public schools lack a lot of resources to give a decent quality of education, depending on the location of where the facility is located. It has been discussed that lack of technology, teachers, and among other reasons, are the cause of minority groups, such as Latino’s, to have a high dropout rate.
During a course I took last semester, Chicanos & Mexicans in the U.S., we talked about such issues and all the possible factors that lead to Latino’s not completing or going for a bachelor’s degree, as well as dropping out of schools. Besides a lack of educational resources being an issue that feeds …show more content…

College/University is more of a choice than a necessity. There is also the case in which they believe in the “negative” stereotypes given to them (Latino culture) and accept it as something true, limiting them from wanting to achieve more. Instead they set a barrier amongst themselves and among their race and ethnicity. It has also been seen and discussed that parents also have an impact with this type of situation as well, such as having very little or no level of education whatsoever, making it difficult for students to receive help with school assignments at home when needed. In addition, there have been several cases where the school system pushes students out, as well as the School to Prison Pipeline that I’ve mentioned in one of my previous posts. This is more common to happen in low-income neighborhoods that the schools are located at, which is biased towards students. Teachers may not “like” or “feel” that the student is a “lost cause” and should leave the school, basically this gives the teacher the choice to decide what

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