Low Income Education Research Paper

The Unites States of America is the land of opportunity for anyone is rise above the social classes. Education is vital to succeeded in climbing to the top. Students of all types of different backgrounds and communities can attend school and earn a degree. Not everyone however is going to be able to make it. The U.S has developed a gap between the students. In one hand the superior students have been identified to be majority made up of wealthy income white students. The rest being students of color and low income students are shown to be seen at the bottom of the class. An educational achievement gap has occurred separating students by race and social class. The issue occurring is students have developed an unfair playing field when it come to succeeding in the classroom because they require extra assistance, have developed low self esteem due to racial stereotypes and lack of funding causing schools to be different from one another. School is a learning …show more content…
Statistics show color students and all students from low income families fall 2 years behind behind their wealthier, predominantly white students in reading and math by fourth grade. By eighth grade, they have slipped three years behind, and by twelfth grade, four years behind (Carey). Children who come from high income families are able to associate with the world around them at an early age compared to students from low income families. For this reason low income students are not able to learn outside of their communities. Schools with high income families such as private school also receive more funding compared to low income public schools. This causes a gap between low income students that are primarily students of color compared to high income students. This results in school being ranked low and earning a negative reputation as a bad school in a low income