The Educational Researcher: Review and Response

Ultimately the lack of reliable resources and preparation from underfunded schools leads African American students into being unprepared for college and jobs, once again reinforcing a vicious cycle of poverty within the community. Gillian B. White, a senior associate editor at The Atlantic, wrote a chilling article regarding the systematic racism that is deeply embedded in the American school system. In the article The Data: Race Influences School Funding, White states “At a given poverty level, districts that have a higher proportion of white students get substantially higher funding than districts that have more minority students” (White). In this quote White explains the clear correlation of race and inadequate funding in the American school

Debt is a burden that is implemented by those who own it. Debt is the punishment for any group or person that dedicates their work to only helping those in need. Debt can only be lifted by those with enough money. An employer helps an employee 's debt in exchange for work, a student 's debt is alleviated if the University grants a scholarship, a bank receiving a bailout from the government ; or a person/group giving money, donating money to something or someone else. The only way that there is no cost to the receiver, is if the money were given. Workers must work for there money, a student must succeed in school, and a donation must be to a certain thing and

Debt capital: borrowing someone else’s money to finance the business under the condition that the money plus accrued interest must be paid back in full by an agreed upon date in the future

In chapter two, Kozol elaborates on the contrasts between private schools of North Lawndale and Southern Chicago compared to public schools. Much detail is given about the unequal privilege that students in suburban school districts have over students in public school districts. He speaks about the underlying racial prejudice that members of the white community and government have against the black students in many of Chicago’s public schools. There is a taboo associated with giving money to black students. Even the own Governor of Chicago was quoted on page 53 saying, “We can’t keep throwing money into a black hole.” While this may not have been intended as a slur, race is never far from the surface, explains the Chicago Tribune. The yearly spending on public schools from state, local, and federal funds is approximately 90,000 less than the spending on private suburban schools. Much of the funding for public schools comes from tax on local property. Therefore, poorer inner-city communities have remarkably lower

Analogy: A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more

The Civil Rights era of the 1950’s and 1960’s ushered in copious federal spending directed towards the desegregation of American Society. Moreover, the ultimate goal was the creation of a leveled playing field that would allow minorities opportunities to gain access and reap benefits that had not been traditionally extended to them, thereby resulting in large disparities in wealth, resource, and education between races and cultures. In a courageous attempt to amend these woes, Congress passed a series of legislation designed to achieve these ends. One of the most notable pieces of legislation passed during this era was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Created with all-deliberate intention of desegregating schools

unidentified racial norms. The usurpation from white culture norms in public education concealed the immoral discrimination of African American students and educators. The role of public education determined the unethicality behind the separation of enrollment merely on the basis of race with the dynamics of constitutional constraints. Accessibility to the same resources as whites grants African Americans the control in alleviated the economic discrepancy between the two races. Education asserts the social, cultural, and economic equivalent rights that African Americans deserved to endeavor since the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement. With the new ethnic orientation in public schools, the reformation loosens the suppression of the racial

“Multiplication is for White People”, by Lisa Delpit, presented the facts about what was missing in American education. The missing pieces added fuel to the already burning achievement gap fire. Throughout the text, I connected personally with several of the opinions and information provided. According to Delpit (2012), “educational policy [had] been virtually hijacked by the wealthiest citizen, whom no one elected and who [were] unlikely ever to have had a child in the public schools” (p. xv).I recalled many conversations with my colleagues pertaining to this very idea. How could someone, who had no idea what it was like to be in a classroom, dictate what I did in that classroom? Unfortunately, it seemed that the wealthy citizens in society

Debt, the financial fall in which you intend to save yourself from. Navigating a way forward without falling into any pitfalls, is worth trying. The world of credit is a maze, waiting to be solved. Only a few has passed and many have failed. Debt is a “liability or obligation to pay or render something”(dictionary). In order to figure out this credit maze, we must first have an understanding of what credit is. The only way to get into this debt is from not being aware of credit. Credit is “the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future”(dictionary). This credit maze has many different situations that you may encounter with such as student loans. This student debt

This graph provided from Laureate Education depicts overlap of these three factors lets us know that the research is valued and merited, when there is no overlap, this is where consideration and hesitation of the research should be considered (Laureate Education (Producer). (n.d.). According to Norcross, J., Hogan, T., & Koocher, G, professionals and practitioners are having to base their practices which are evidenced based at an increasing rate due to the strong implications that Evidence-based practices have had on the field in relation to practice, training, and policy (Norcross, J., Hogan, T., & Koocher, G. 2008).

The American Democratic system limits the public and their capacity to manage everyday life. When comparing wealthier students to poorer students, it is natural to assume that wealthier students have more privilege over poor students with an education. Opportunities specific for privileged students are provided, unlike poorer counterparts. Poverty-stricken students are exposed to different things than privileged students are, and are forced to meet standards that many cannot such as, “No Child Left Behind Act.” Wealthier children have more of an entitlement than underprivileged people from various states and communities, and this affects personal development. The American Governmental system appeals to the wealthy class, even going as far as acting oblivious towards dramatic issues that primarily affect poverty-engulfed communities such as: artistic and personal expression, wealth mobility, and the educational system inequalities.

Debt is simply money that is owed, and it can be very dangerous to get into. Many people, even rich people can go into massive amounts of debt and be nearly unable to escape it and get all of their money paid back. Debt can include things like loans for credit cards and other things, such as loans taken out to pay for things that current cash reserves can’t pay for. A lot of celebrities have gone into debt, and I will be explaining one celebrity’s debt; Kanye West. On February 13th Kanye announced that he was approximately $53 million in personal debt.

250 years of slavery caused a racial gap between black and white people, a gap that we were not able to fill, even after 150 years. Moreover, some studies show this racial gap is widening day by day. Expanding wealth inequality and the racial wealth gap have become central to the debate over whether or not slavery is the root of the racial gap. Wealth racial inequality means, when the economy hits an unstable path, colored people don’t have the resources to withstand those shocks. While the effect of racial inequality might seem only to be an economic problem for colored family, it actually worsens political and economic outcomes for the entire country. It is not only inequalities in wealth winding, also inequities in health, education, housing, employment, income, wealth, and other areas that impact achievement and quality of life are creating a big gap between white and colored

Residential segregation plays a huge role into public school resegregation and more that 20 million students of color now attend racially and socioeconomically isolated public schools. The largest discrepancies in public school funding occurs because local cities delegated how property taxes fund schools. Education is most paid for with the amount of money available in surrounding districts therefore the inequity between wealthier and poorer schools continues to exist. The other problem that stems from how schooling is unequally funded it that often punishes poor white, black, and brown children for their inherited circumstances in life. The most nefarious of abuses to blacks occurs in public education as they are divested of the opportunity to be educated on their terms in ways that foster success, which begins with healthy racial identity development and positive affirmation that blackness

The idea of public education in the United States existed even before the American Revolution and the subsequent founding of the United States of America as an independent nation. As the nation grew, each of the states eventually passed legislation mandating free public education for students, with every state in the union operating free elementary schools by 1870 (Monroe, 1911). Almost from the onset, these schools were harbors of inequality, as most were aimed at educating wealthy, white males. Even after the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, which sought to integrate American public schools, many of the nation’s schools still exhibit rampant inequity. According to Rothstein (2014), African-American students are still greatly isolated and wide achievement gaps still exist when compared to white students. Similar problems remain apparent for other demographic groups, including Hispanics, Native Americans, female students in certain academic fields, and LGBTQ students.