Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The Geography of Inequality: Why Seperate Means Unequal in American Public Schools
Title: The Geography of Inequality: Why Seperate Means Unequal in American Public Schools.
Logan, J. R., Minca, E., & Adar, S. (2012). The Geography of Inequality Why Separate Means Unequal in American Public Schools. Sociology of education, 85(3), 287-301.
Key points: Minorities are often found at failing schools and residential segregation helps enforce this problem. It will be difficult for minority students and families to move into different districts and boundaries. Keeping them at their current school of residence.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832260/
Audience: Teachers, parents, school and education officials. Maybe high school students.
Relevance: Shows us the barriers that minorities face at failing schools and how segregation keeps them there.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This was a great post, sharing an article which sheds light on some troubling issues of segregation across the United States. The segregation of minorities did not end with the civil rights movement. As stated in the article, “Saporito and Sohoni (2007) found that unlike the typical white child, who attends a public school in which most of the children are above the poverty line, the typical black or Hispanic child attends a public school in which most of the children are below the poverty line.” Poverty is a vicious cycle which is systemic and more often than not keeps people from succeeding. Living below the poverty line can affect a student physically, mentally and emotionally. This can start as early as the prenatal phase of a child’s life. If a mother is not able to afford food to get the proper nutrients this can affect the development of a child before they are even born. America prides itself on having a “pick yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality. However, a large portion of minority students who are growing up below the poverty line don’t even have the boots. The studies showing that the “failing schools” have large numbers of minorities is not a coincidence. It is very hard to break out of poverty and that in and of itself creates segregation.
ReplyDelete