Overall, Borough Park has a better educational level than Bedford Stuyvesant. In my opinion this is because Bedford Stuyvesant lacks poor access to amenities and lack of resources such as schools and community programs. If a neighborhood lacks school and/or very good schools, it will be hard to get a proper education. In an excerpt called “At the Edge of Poverty”, the author says, “The children of the poor are funneled into delinquency, drugs, or jobs with meager pay and little future” (Shipler, pg. 6). This is because of the lack of schools and good schools in Bedford Stuyvesant. Children lack the resources in books and afterschool activities that they get into trouble and possibly incarcerated which means they cannot finish school and pursue
