Inventor and Botanist George Washington once said that “ Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom”. In the radio essay “Three Miles” writer and producer Chana Joffe-Walt expresses how education unlocks “the golden door of freedom” using the widely known Fieldston School as her primary example. Joffe-Walt primarily explains how schools located in urban communities do not equip students to unlock the door of freedom, instead the education given in urban schools leave students trapped within a constant cycle of poverty and mental imprisonment. In agreement with Chana Joffe-Walt’s argument schools, such as University Heights High do not equip students for post-secondary education unlike elite private institutions such as the Fieldston
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Within different sources excluding the radio essay “Three Miles” different researchers and scholars have been able to support Joffe-Walt’s argument about urban schools including its failure for students to enter college. Newman and Newman defended Joffe-Walt’s argument within their article in the quote “High School graduation rates among African, American Hispanics, and Native Americans have been increasing over the past decade. However, enrollment of these minority groups in public baccalaureate degree granting institutions has never been proportional to their presence in the high school population (Newman and Newman 483).” The statement that Newman and Newman make completely represents Joffe-Walt’s focus school (University Heights High School). As University Heights High is located in urban setting many of the students who attend the school are minorities which means the school is made up of predominantly African-Americans and Hispanics. As many minority students entered schools in urban setting many public school systems have restructured curriculum, testing and academic standards to ensure that all students would eventually graduate from high school. Although urban schools have adjusted to …show more content…
Many schools located in urban communities are not equipped to properly prepare students to go into college. In an article written by Steve Lamos it states “Educational Opportunity Programs, open admissions programs, various “basic writing” programs, and others-each ostensibly designed to “make higher education available to low income and minority group students who lack credentials but not the qualities to succeed in college (Lamos 127).” Lamos states that these pre college programs are crucial to ensure that minority students success in college due to the lack or in-school resources in urban school districts. In “Three Miles” Chana Joffe-Walt makes a statement that allows Lamos findings to support her argument. “The year Melanie graduated, a handsome young back University Heights senior named Jonathan Gonzalez won the Posse scholarship (Joffe-Walt, 13).” The Posse scholarship was an extracurricular resource that supported many students from urban settings including Jonathan. The scholarship foundation goes through a rigorous interviewing process which narrows thousands of candidates down
Within different sources excluding the radio essay “Three Miles” different researchers and scholars have been able to support Joffe-Walt’s argument about urban schools including its failure for students to enter college. Newman and Newman defended Joffe-Walt’s argument within their article in the quote “High School graduation rates among African, American Hispanics, and Native Americans have been increasing over the past decade. However, enrollment of these minority groups in public baccalaureate degree granting institutions has never been proportional to their presence in the high school population (Newman and Newman 483).” The statement that Newman and Newman make completely represents Joffe-Walt’s focus school (University Heights High School). As University Heights High is located in urban setting many of the students who attend the school are minorities which means the school is made up of predominantly African-Americans and Hispanics. As many minority students entered schools in urban setting many public school systems have restructured curriculum, testing and academic standards to ensure that all students would eventually graduate from high school. Although urban schools have adjusted to …show more content…
Many schools located in urban communities are not equipped to properly prepare students to go into college. In an article written by Steve Lamos it states “Educational Opportunity Programs, open admissions programs, various “basic writing” programs, and others-each ostensibly designed to “make higher education available to low income and minority group students who lack credentials but not the qualities to succeed in college (Lamos 127).” Lamos states that these pre college programs are crucial to ensure that minority students success in college due to the lack or in-school resources in urban school districts. In “Three Miles” Chana Joffe-Walt makes a statement that allows Lamos findings to support her argument. “The year Melanie graduated, a handsome young back University Heights senior named Jonathan Gonzalez won the Posse scholarship (Joffe-Walt, 13).” The Posse scholarship was an extracurricular resource that supported many students from urban settings including Jonathan. The scholarship foundation goes through a rigorous interviewing process which narrows thousands of candidates down