According to Avery and Kane (as cited in Weis, 2001), it is getting harder for the poor, working-class, and lower-middle-income students to attend college because there are less financial aid being offered. While the low-income students struggling to pay their tuition through loans, the upper-middle-class students have financial supports from their family. This is an example to show how income contributed to the learning gap. The course text supports the perspective of the author of the article, Suitts, that students from the top quartile of income are more likely to get a higher education. The high-income students also have more resources to help them to succeed in school and prepare for college. Referring to Proweller (1998) (as cited in Weis, 1990), the high-income students are better prepared for college application and the admissions process. They can afford for tutoring and preparation for college entrance tests, and hiring writing specialist to edit their admission essay. This idea connects to the Suitts’ perspective that there is a lack of resources for the low-income students at public schools. The ideas that Banks provided in the course text are supporting the perspectives that Suitts presented in the
According to Avery and Kane (as cited in Weis, 2001), it is getting harder for the poor, working-class, and lower-middle-income students to attend college because there are less financial aid being offered. While the low-income students struggling to pay their tuition through loans, the upper-middle-class students have financial supports from their family. This is an example to show how income contributed to the learning gap. The course text supports the perspective of the author of the article, Suitts, that students from the top quartile of income are more likely to get a higher education. The high-income students also have more resources to help them to succeed in school and prepare for college. Referring to Proweller (1998) (as cited in Weis, 1990), the high-income students are better prepared for college application and the admissions process. They can afford for tutoring and preparation for college entrance tests, and hiring writing specialist to edit their admission essay. This idea connects to the Suitts’ perspective that there is a lack of resources for the low-income students at public schools. The ideas that Banks provided in the course text are supporting the perspectives that Suitts presented in the