Classroo Classroom Diversity Case Study

New York City is the home to thousands of people from all over the world. The five boroughs are culturally diverse, with communities like Flushing in Queens, predominantly Asian or Borough Park, Brooklyn, the home of the biggest Orthodox Jew population in the United States. Even in smaller communities, we see everyone sort of “just go” with their people. Perhaps it helps them be able to identify themselves in this concrete jungle or just the conformity to know the deli down the street sells your favorite candy from back home. We see it everywhere; from the churches we attend now to even the schools our children go to. In about half of prekindergarten classrooms, more than 70% belonged to a one ethnic group, in the first year of the prekindergarten expansion in New York City. …show more content…
In an educational psychologist’s point of view, this is correct. Living in NYC exposes you to different people, neighbors or co-workers, whether it’s through skin color, language, or religion. This leads us to be tolerant of others’ difference, although it might not be of our liking. Children also need to be exposed to an environment that’s accepting of everyone. The only way to achieve this is by creating equally diverse classrooms. There’s no reason why any classroom should have 70% of an ethnic group. However, the Board of Education has started to allow schools to modify their admission policies in the hopes that this will fix the segregation