Educating for a Just Society

Apr 27, 2016

Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement

You often hear that the United States is a place of equality, however, equality does not run deep within our educational system. This is of major concern as a higher education more often than not leads to better occupational and economic outcomes…

Mexican-American Parents do Value Education

Every teacher’s goal is to have students do well in school and pursue a higher education. It is important for the teacher to have a teacher-parent connection in order for the student to be successful. Teachers hold conferences and open house to meet and…

Why is American Education so Unequal?

In the United States, we tend to look at education as the key to the American Dream…

Lack of Transportation = Lack of Education

I believe that education is a very important thing that everyone should be able to…

SCHOOL OPPRESSION

Does our education provide us with the resources we need to be successful?

College Bound

Anyone can go to college and thrive!
This blog is to address the problems and issues that exist among education in America. I list and explain some of the barriers that persist, in my paper. For example, the racial and class obstacles that stop some youth from achieving success on their educational…

Educational Facilities are Linked with Classism

Education is key for social mobility, but the unequal spread of resources such as wealth, materials, and teachers is negatively impacting nearly all youth, which is especially critical now since the law requires children to attend school. As a student at a university I have…

Infinite Education Without Fulfillment

Living in the U.S. there is no question that some individuals have privilege as opposed to others. We live in a world where there are many mechanisms of oppression that keep individuals within a minority group from succeeding. There is a constant struggle for…

You IB, We IB, Latinos IB?

Today’s Teenager

Segregation in Schools, Not a Thing of the Past; Instead Used to Re-enforce the Status Quo

We all learned about it in school, that school segregation through law ended with Brown v. Board, and that with it, we became more integrated, and perhaps even more equal…

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