Students At Public Schools Of Varying Size And Socioeconomic Elements

Children who grow up in a poor area go to school where there are 50 kids in one class and individual attention is never given, and children of high class families will go to schools that have smaller class sizes and individual attention. Even when a poor child goes to a better schoolteachers will question if the work done is their own and also only expect hard work from the rich kids. “if you are a child of low income parents, the chances are good that you will receive limited and often careless attention from adults in your high school.” Theodore Sizer “Horace’s Compromise,” “If you are the child of upper-middle income parents, the chances are good that you will receive substantial and careful attention.” (203) These quotes from another author showcase that school in America is often times based on the social standing of the parents.

After World War 2 there was a baby boom and as a result in the 1950’s schools were quickly filling up as the children enrolled. The enrolments increased as much as 30% over the ‘baby-boomers’ decade. In the year 1950 there were 166 437 existing elementary and secondary schools in the USA to educate over 29 million students. As the amount of students increased, the schools and resources declined. It was reported by the Office of Education in 1953

Today, we know integration has a positive effect on almost every aspect of schooling that matters. We also know integration matters for all students. Both minorities and whites are disadvantaged by attending racially isolated schools, although in somewhat different ways. Predominantly minority schools as a whole had inadequate and unfair educational opportunities. First, these schools tend to serve predominantly poor students. Due to poor situations at home and by the student's friends and sometimes relatives these schools routinely had lower rates of achievement than students in mostly average income schools. This holds true regardless of a student's race or socioeconomic status. More importantly, predominantly poor and minority schools find it extremely difficult to attract and retain high-quality

Research in the past decade on the widening gap of educational opportunities between lower and higher income families has shown that children enrolled schools that predominantly serve lower income families tend to have lower pedagogical success and more negative associations regarding the American education system.

Geography played a huge part in my experience with K-12 education. In the study titled, The Geography of Inequality: Why Separate Means Unequal in American Public Schools (2012), Logan, Minca, and Adar noted that inequalities of performance between schools that have a majority of minority groups and found connections between the performance of school when looking through the lens of race and ethnicity. Key findings included that African American, Hispanic, and Native American students were most likely to attend a school that averages between the 35th-40th percentile (Logan, Minca, Adar 2012). Three types of high poverty schools were outlined; location in city center, majority African American and mixed location, and majority Hispanic (Logan et al., 2012). The school district that I attended for my K-12 education experience was nearly 95% white, located in the suburbs, and had low poverty. My education experience directly counters the education experience that my student engage in on a daily basis. This has created an internal motivation to

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is a small city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Within that small city you’ll find Myrtle Beach High School. It is located off Grissom Parkway near 29th Avenue and Broadway At The Beach. The city of Myrtle Beach has a population of 27,109. About 72% identify as White, 13% as Black, 13% as Hispanic, and 1% as Asian. Less than 1% identify as American Indian, 2% are two or more races, and 8% identify as some other race. With Myrtle Beach being considered a small city, the average household income is about $75,678 with a median household income of about $43,877. There is a median age of 39 for both sexes, but a median age of 37 for males and 40 for females.

The education system in America has a long history of struggle and change, as we have grown as a nation we have experienced an ever-increasing rise in diversity. This diversity has caused rigidities between groups and all stratus of society and has been a major impact in debates concerning the educational opportunities in America.

I did my observation in P.S./M.S. 188 The Island School. The address of the school is 442 East Houston Street Manhattan, NY 10002. I worked with a teacher name Mrs. Parys. I was observing room 414. This is 6th grade class.

In the article “Bring on the Elites!”, Joel Stein shares the widespread view that education is essential to future success. Based on this view, some perceive the population growth in America and resulting increase in the number of students attending public school as positive, since the benefits of education now extend to more people. However, this trend points to a pressing problem in the education system. Without funding for sufficient facilities or teachers to accommodate additional students, administrators repeatedly push schools past capacity to the detriment of both students and staff. In economic terms, there is excess demand in comparison to supply, resulting in disequilibrium for the consumers. The current system is turning education into a commodity meant for mass production.

This article gives a very detailed rundown of the history of American education. It begins in the 18th century where “formal schooling was not widely available” and progresses up to modern education where every student attends a primary and secondary school. There are many comparisons between the centuries and decades that allow insight into the immense change that has occurred since the 1700s.

The one room, log cabin, private school began by the colonists, who came from Europe, served its purpose in the early 1600’s. As the United States increased in size, so did the education system, from the first district being formed in the mid 1700 to 1800’s. Advance to the early 1900’s and many one room schools dotted the land throughout rural areas. These small districts had to meet the standards set by the educational system. High financial costs were involved in meeting and holding these standards to provide quality educational programs and adequate school facilities. This created a burden on the smaller districts, thus the thought of consolidation; “the combining of schools, districts, or administrative units…to create administrative

Since the colonial period, Americans have expected a great deal from their educational institutions. Just teaching the usual subjects has rarely satisfied demands on the schools. Americans have also wanted learning to serve other social institutions, ideals and goals. Such expectations invite disappointment and controversy. Combined with the circumstances of the country's history, they have also led to a very distinctive educational system.

Scott High School is located in a lower social class area and the school lacks in proper equipment, friendly environment, and adequate AP courses. Bowsher High School is located in a high social class area and the school provides a very positive experience for students, including state of the art faculties and additional amenities. To analyze these findings using Robert Terry's White Male Club framework, I determined that the people who are able to go to school at Bowsher High School have better access to societal resources than those who shop at Scoot High. The resources are not equitably distributed, as the quality and conditions of each store varied greatly. Bowsher High School most definitely had a higher quality education and design than Scott High School. Government and sponsors who choose where to locate their stores based on demographic data hold power. They may look at demographic data and choose to open the great schools in a higher social class area to attract what they deem to be a higher quality of clientele. The people in each social class area have no true influence on where school maybe placed. Additionally, those who can marshal resources to accomplish a goal are often those with money and access to resources. According the (Martin In Class Hand Out 2017) The Foundation Plan, demonstrates that Ohio’s School Funding negatively affect the schools by “…establishing a minimal level or foundation to be spent by each school district on each student and requires that each local community establish a certain tax rate then spend a set amount per student.” The Plan also ensure that “regardless of wealth or poverty of a community, the state will provide funds for minimal educational services and each jurisdiction pays minimal tax rate with state providing the difference.” In addition it is very telling that the area around Scott is primarily made up of African Americans,

Across America, many school districts are consolidating their smaller schools and sending the students to one large one. They are doing this to save money, but there are many downsides to this. While logic would say that one school is cheaper to run than multiple smaller ones, evidence shows that this is not the case. In addition, larger schools disadvantage the students who are learning in them. Studies show smaller schools have less bullying and violence. They also show that smaller schools allow students to do better in classes. Finally, smaller schools have an atmosphere that allows students to be treated like individuals and fit in better. We must take action against the consolidation of public schools because of student safety, student performance, and school atmosphere.

Education considers as a central need of all people around over the world. All children have the whole right to learn. According to Aske, Connolly, & Corman, (2013), “all children in the United States have the right to a publicly supported education regardless of race, social class or religious beliefs is an American value.” The important point that we should take care of in the rights of education do not look at students’ social levels, race, and religions. Therefore, early reformers attempted and worked hard to improve the education system by some processes such as training the educators, or combine some schools for better productivity (The U.S. Department of State, 2008). Moreover, the development of schools began from the nineteenth century (Pulliam and Van Patten, 1999).