Pipeline To Prison Analysis

Imagine a situation so desperate and hopeless that only an individual with deity like powers has any hope to change it. What would you say if I told you that many thought this way about the public education system? Despite the efforts of wonderful, intelligent people, even the most motivated and compassionate minds of the education world continue to fail children across this country. The problem has be greatly exacerbated in areas of lower socio-economic backgrounds. Schools in underprivileged neighborhoods across this country have become "drop out factories" and the pipeline to prison is more populated than the pipeline to college. The situation was so helpless for so long, that even the best educators wrote whole generations of children off …show more content…
Her father was not working and lacked a high school diploma. Her mother worked as a cleaning lady at a Hospital, spoke very limited English and also did not have any formal education. The darling child was very bright and had an obvious love and zeal for education, she even said how she wanted to be a doctor or a veterinarian. She believed it to, as well as her parents. Unfortunately, the statistics for her accomplishing those goals were extremely small. In the film Daisy was slotted to start a middle school that had a terrible record of failing and underachieving students. Once she moved from the middle school to the public high school in her district she was given an estimated 6 out of 10 chance of not graduating. Her parents were not rich enough to put her in private school and her only chance of getting a proper education was a 14% chance of getting in to KIPP LA Prep which she did not even get excepted to. All hope however was not lost, every year the parents have opportunities under The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Under President George W Bush this sweeping educational reform was passed which though it does many things for students. It 's ultimate focus was making school district accountable for maintaining their Title I standing to keep federal funding. However, the NCLB Act also made numerous programs available to all students that are absolutely essential to take advantage of by underprivileged communities. A handful of these programs would have specifically had an impact on Daisy 's future prospects. The programs that most immediately applied to her situation were the 21st century Community learning Centers, Parental assistance learning centers, and Adult education classes for migrant families. For Daisy to have a better shot at being successful it is incredibly important for her mother to one learn English and for both of her parents to at the very least get their GED and make