This essay will discuss how are educational system has evolved over the centuries and developed a better understanding of what’s important for our current and future students to learn and take with them into their future lives. There is also discussion on the issues that teachers face which hinder and make it more difficult for them to be successful. We’ve come a long way and made immense progress, but there is and will remain an uphill better before we get things right.
After reading these last few chapters on cultural diversity, it has opened my eyes to the problems we have dealt with in the past and continue to do so today. In chapter five, it discussed two political areas in which we changed the outcome of education and …show more content…
One of the first laws that was passed was Title IX which states, “it protects all students at recipient institutions from sex discrimination, including sexual violence” (Spring, 2016, p. 126). This law has changed the dynamics of schools because it ensures that students are safe in the school and educational environment. Male or female, students can be given a sense of security and that they will be provided with the same opportunities as their peers. Another important law passed to change education and shed a positive light on the topic of racial discrimination was the Civil Rights Act; Title VI which states, “the federal government with withhold federal funds from institutions that practiced racial discrimination” (Spring, 2016, p. 125). This law made it clear to all schools and or institutions that racial discrimination needed to end and that as a nation and society it was time for us to come together and respect one another. Regardless of whether people agreed or not upon this topic, Title VI demanded …show more content…
According to Spring, “83.1 percent of teachers are white, only 55.5 percent of students are white” (Spring, 2016, p. 169). Based off these statistics, it’s quite obvious that this would lead to an issue in teachers being able focus their attention on expanding their student’s knowledge if the two of them aren’t able to understand one another. With the majority of students coming from a Hispanic/Latino descent, not all teachers or people going into the field will have a background in that language so perhaps, if the schools or districts would offer additional educational classes on learning more about these languages and the cultures from which they come from. Another way to help change the language barrier between teachers and students is by hiring more teachers who are of Hispanic/Latino and African American descent. Just as we have more and more students who are coming from various cultural backgrounds, we need teachers who fall within that same category. Many, if not almost all of individuals who are teachers believe that multicultural education is a must and it will help develop our student’s knowledge about the world and society around them. By solving the language barrier, it further shows that we are continuing to respect all cultures and the individuals from those cultures, along with preparing our student’s for the
After reading these last few chapters on cultural diversity, it has opened my eyes to the problems we have dealt with in the past and continue to do so today. In chapter five, it discussed two political areas in which we changed the outcome of education and …show more content…
One of the first laws that was passed was Title IX which states, “it protects all students at recipient institutions from sex discrimination, including sexual violence” (Spring, 2016, p. 126). This law has changed the dynamics of schools because it ensures that students are safe in the school and educational environment. Male or female, students can be given a sense of security and that they will be provided with the same opportunities as their peers. Another important law passed to change education and shed a positive light on the topic of racial discrimination was the Civil Rights Act; Title VI which states, “the federal government with withhold federal funds from institutions that practiced racial discrimination” (Spring, 2016, p. 125). This law made it clear to all schools and or institutions that racial discrimination needed to end and that as a nation and society it was time for us to come together and respect one another. Regardless of whether people agreed or not upon this topic, Title VI demanded …show more content…
According to Spring, “83.1 percent of teachers are white, only 55.5 percent of students are white” (Spring, 2016, p. 169). Based off these statistics, it’s quite obvious that this would lead to an issue in teachers being able focus their attention on expanding their student’s knowledge if the two of them aren’t able to understand one another. With the majority of students coming from a Hispanic/Latino descent, not all teachers or people going into the field will have a background in that language so perhaps, if the schools or districts would offer additional educational classes on learning more about these languages and the cultures from which they come from. Another way to help change the language barrier between teachers and students is by hiring more teachers who are of Hispanic/Latino and African American descent. Just as we have more and more students who are coming from various cultural backgrounds, we need teachers who fall within that same category. Many, if not almost all of individuals who are teachers believe that multicultural education is a must and it will help develop our student’s knowledge about the world and society around them. By solving the language barrier, it further shows that we are continuing to respect all cultures and the individuals from those cultures, along with preparing our student’s for the