Citation:
Kenneth Saltman, "Democratic Education Requires Rejecting the New Corporate Two-Tiered School System"
Central Thesis: The key claims the author makes in this article are that schools who educate higher-income families tend to get more public funding, which results in better resources and teachers for the students, while many middle-income and poor families only have schools that are being privatized by corporations. Saltman discusses how this situation is just making the higher performing schools become even more successful, while it is the complete opposite for lower performing schools.
Summary: The first main point Saltman makes in his article is how ‘No Child Left Behind’ is not improving education, at least not for the …show more content…
They are implementing short-time “reform” schemes, which in reality are short-term “get rich” schemes for themselves. These corporations have abandoned the goals of racial integration and equal distribution of educational resources, and also altered education to make students “laborers” instead of “productive citizens.” The whole goal of this privatization is to help large corporations make even more money, so the rich can get richer, while the poor get poorer, and the government allows this to happen. A third main point that the author makes in this article is the “dream” of public education, which includes making our students become citizens who have an impact on the world and the economy. This type of education includes, “[Learning] to deliberate, debate, and investigate their control as citizens over their labor and time and collective aspirations…” The future for the working-class and poor laborers seems dim, while the future for professional-class workers seems to be competitive and a bit more …show more content…
To decrease the number of people living in poverty in our country, we need to provide a quality education to every student and give them all an equal chance. Public funding should go more towards schools that are struggling because these are the schools that need the resources to enhance teaching and learning. For many professional-class schools, they do not necessarily need that funding, as much of their money comes from private donations from families who send their children to these schools with plenty of resources for each
Kenneth Saltman, "Democratic Education Requires Rejecting the New Corporate Two-Tiered School System"
Central Thesis: The key claims the author makes in this article are that schools who educate higher-income families tend to get more public funding, which results in better resources and teachers for the students, while many middle-income and poor families only have schools that are being privatized by corporations. Saltman discusses how this situation is just making the higher performing schools become even more successful, while it is the complete opposite for lower performing schools.
Summary: The first main point Saltman makes in his article is how ‘No Child Left Behind’ is not improving education, at least not for the …show more content…
They are implementing short-time “reform” schemes, which in reality are short-term “get rich” schemes for themselves. These corporations have abandoned the goals of racial integration and equal distribution of educational resources, and also altered education to make students “laborers” instead of “productive citizens.” The whole goal of this privatization is to help large corporations make even more money, so the rich can get richer, while the poor get poorer, and the government allows this to happen. A third main point that the author makes in this article is the “dream” of public education, which includes making our students become citizens who have an impact on the world and the economy. This type of education includes, “[Learning] to deliberate, debate, and investigate their control as citizens over their labor and time and collective aspirations…” The future for the working-class and poor laborers seems dim, while the future for professional-class workers seems to be competitive and a bit more …show more content…
To decrease the number of people living in poverty in our country, we need to provide a quality education to every student and give them all an equal chance. Public funding should go more towards schools that are struggling because these are the schools that need the resources to enhance teaching and learning. For many professional-class schools, they do not necessarily need that funding, as much of their money comes from private donations from families who send their children to these schools with plenty of resources for each