Essay On Resegregation

While exemplary in their intent and actions, most movements to lessen the achievement gap between black and white children has substantially widened the gap (McLaren & Farahmandpur, 2006). W. E. Du Bois spent most of his life bringing attention to the plight of the miseducation of the minority student. He recognized the educative value of a learning environment that was rich in objects that could stimulate children’s interests and curiosity (Gutek, 2005). Today’s educational experience is considered by some as a type of resegregation. This is most illustrated in suburban neighborhoods where class is shaped by the cost of housing. Although, the policymakers instituted a plan of distributing federal tax dollars in an effort to equalize spending per …show more content…
One method to progress educational policies toward equality rather than adequacy would be to help the African American to develop a “double-consciousness.” This means to provide added value to their educational experience which would provide knowledge of how to engage in the white-dominated society of education while at the same time possess knowledge of their roots and heritage (Gutek, 2005). Instead of encouraging African American students to choose between the two-worlds in which they must live, they should learn they are inhabitants of a multicultural and multiracial world (Gutek, 2005). As a result, more African Americans students will become courageous in pursuing educational goals which are often thought of in their community as “acting white.” The social price that many minority students pay would be lessened when it is no longer a stigma to reach for equality in education. Principals, school administrators, community, and all stake-holders in education would do well in examining their reaction to the test craze that is a growing trend. Are the teachers actually being allowed to prepare the students to be competitive thinkers in academia or are producing students with an active production