If we insist on class equity in schools, it will come from everywhere.
What a wonderful world we would have with a a diverse set of powerful and supported brains learning and creating.
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Most important, can I afford costly, for-profit test preparation programs such as Kaplan or Princeton Review to score better on the SAT or ACT and strengthen my candidacy?
I remember the AP Math program at my school cost money, as well as the PSAT and ACT preparation classes. I didn't take any of them and instead used YouTube. Some of my friends also had tutors which surprised me- my parents don't know what these tests are and never offered a tutor- I also didn't know that tutors were even used for this situation and could not ask my parents to pay for this- instead I had a job in high school.
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Rist (1970/2000) discovered, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for what too often becomes a trajectory of underachievement.
This again is outlined in Ryan and Deci's Self Determination Theory: Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being (2000)
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teacher and peer expectations for academic achievement (and their subsequent treatment of students) are based largely on low and negative perceptions of the poor, regardless of their actual ability
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"food deserts" where fresh produce, meats, and healthy items ar
I once read or heard an interesting correlation between our current society and that of centuries ago that goes like this: Marie-Antoinette used to say "let them eat cake" when she was told that citizens were starving. Now the phrase is defined as: "A saying that shows insensitivity to or incomprehension of the realities of life for the unfortunate" and fully parallels the nutrition available to those of low-income. They usually have poorer health because of the affordability of low-quality foods. This directly affects the developing child's cognitive abilities.
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why do the same groups of people te~d to endure poverty from generation to generation?
Clearly it is a systematic problem but claims that generational poverty is that group of people's fault are a common argument. //
And still, there are many other reasons including owning property for the poverty trap (a term used by researchers Galor and David Mayer-Foulkes) occurring between generations such as the effects of bad or mal-nutrition.
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mor mate an overwhelmingly fewer number of people of color have access to ~enerational wealth based on their recognition as only three-fifths of a human bemg and the subsequent denial of property ownership as a direct result of being property themselve
Wow- this is a great way to put the pieces together for economic and opportunity disparities for Black Americans.
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"Why are people poor?"
Children are never poor on purpose- and neither are adults.
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Quite contrarily, schools actually structure inequality (gasp!) in insidiously subtle ways.
Very bold, but very great sentence. I appreciate this being said so clearly and assertively no matter how controversial it may seem.
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both pre- and in-service teachers have come to develop and staunchly cling to their disgust at what they perceive to be squandered opportunities. Poor children fail in schools because they are not taking advantage. Poor people exist because they wasted a good, free educa-tion. The poor themselves are the problem.
This again reminds me of the first reading's statement: "I can succeed by working hard and using my talents; if I fail, it will be my own fault." Because of this belief, teachers treat their students differently which affects their success which was also outlined in Ryan and Deci's Self Determination Theory.
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it provides only 8 percent of the money spent on schools and dedicates barely 2 percent of its budget to schooling.
--!!!! woah
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laggard
a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
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hey should teach Catholic doctrine to Catholic children or provide funds for a parallel system of Catholic schools. A century later, some people call for separate, extended bilingual education to help immigrant children maintain their native culture. Some African Americans argue that only if members of their race run their schools or only if curricula are designed specifically for their children will blacks enjoy the same autonomy, respect, and cultural self-definition that whites have always had
What an interesting idea. What would we find then- at the end of all of this? Would we be able to find a middle ground? I feel like this choice tends to and maybe should come after high school- specializing in different perspectives of what "citizenship" means. At the same time, I don't discount the importance of equalizing what is taught in an American history or culture class to include all sides of the story- especially the scarce stories of those marginalized- as much as possible.
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apocryphal
(of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.; of or belonging to the Apocrypha.
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respect the way other people view success
And how/why these change within various Americans of all racial backgrounds.
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A mother of an autistic child in California warns, "For the people who think, 'This is not my problem': it is .... We should spend our tax dollars in helping these fam-ilies, not hindering their needs, so these children one day can be responsible tax-paying citizens, not burdens to our communities."
This is such a great way to put it. If we want all people to pay taxes and be good citizens then they must have an equal opportunity- we must walk the walk not just talk the talk.
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this very neutrality leads to controversy over appropriate policy choices.
Disparities in priorities = disagreements and inconsistencies in school policy and therefore student's experiences.
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relative success-attaining more than someone else such as one's parents or classmates
This has seemed to be much more important than anything else throughout our history as people. Which is interesting because it may not be actual success for the individual to be a better person but just to be the best. Also, when this person is in an environment where the standards are low- it limits that person's success.
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If schools teach the basics well, then there is no excuse for illiteracy; if schools provide civic education and democratic train-ing, there is no excuse for bad citizenship
If they did, then maybe the idea that "if I fail, it would be my own fault" from the last reading would be more valid.
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local prope_rtY taxes provided the hulk of the financing for public schools,
This causes a lot of educational inequality.
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