Compared to the rest of the world, namely developing countries, America seems to be doing a sufficient job educating its youth. On average 88 percent of youth receive a high school diploma, whereas globally most children do not receive education past the age of 11 or 12 (Our World in Data). However, the grass is not necessarily greener on this side of the ocean. The US has a questionable amount of individuals who are functionally illiterate, meaning they do not have adequate reading capability to function in society. Minorities, mostly blacks and Latinos, make up a disproportionately large amount of this group. So how is it that in one of the most educated countries there is a growing population who cannot read or write well enough to function
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the Board of Education court case, trends have shown school segregation is occurring once again. Until 2000, Tuscaloosa, Alabama mandated the transporting of children to Central High School in order to ensure integration and consistent education quality. However, once the mandate expired white students began going to other high schools in the area. Therefore, as of 2011, the school’s population is now 99 percent black, where it once was one-third white (CQ Researcher). Due to factors such as insufficient resources and academic expectations from both school and home life, blacks on average score 300 points lower than their white counterparts on the SAT (Macionis). A major gap in the quality of education is occurring, not primarily because of education segregation, but instead is a result of housing segregation. Funded by local property taxes, public schools often do not have the resources to suit the needs of the community, resulting in limited education. From its height in the 80’s, integration rates have steadily fallen and now mimic those before the school integration movement. From 1991 to 2001, more than half of black students in the northeast are going to schools with a demographic of 90 to 100 percent minorities (Washington
the Board of Education court case, trends have shown school segregation is occurring once again. Until 2000, Tuscaloosa, Alabama mandated the transporting of children to Central High School in order to ensure integration and consistent education quality. However, once the mandate expired white students began going to other high schools in the area. Therefore, as of 2011, the school’s population is now 99 percent black, where it once was one-third white (CQ Researcher). Due to factors such as insufficient resources and academic expectations from both school and home life, blacks on average score 300 points lower than their white counterparts on the SAT (Macionis). A major gap in the quality of education is occurring, not primarily because of education segregation, but instead is a result of housing segregation. Funded by local property taxes, public schools often do not have the resources to suit the needs of the community, resulting in limited education. From its height in the 80’s, integration rates have steadily fallen and now mimic those before the school integration movement. From 1991 to 2001, more than half of black students in the northeast are going to schools with a demographic of 90 to 100 percent minorities (Washington