Redistricting/rezoning
Across the United States majority of students attending public schools are assigned to them through the process of school districting. But in places where housing patterns are heavily racially segregated schools have shown just this. Many public schools across New York have produced racially and economically isolated schools. District lines often are drawn in a way that displaces those that have been systemically disenfranchised in many ways, which often includes our education system. By redistricting/rezoning neighborhoods this would force the process of socioeconomic and racial integration in the public school system. It is also the most common sense and most advised way to out this issue because it fits with the …show more content…
It allows for the academic tracking of students using state testing and other testing basis to categorize students and place them in classes with students who perform at the same level as them. This causes low performing students to be pooled into low performing classes. Statistically, many low performing students are of African American and Hispanic decent and tend to be economically disadvantaged. By reducing academic tracking, schools would be able to integrate classrooms and have children in an environment that promotes collaborative learning; it also removes the stigma attached to a tiered system. Economically this method would be feasible for NYC as is has no definite cost associated with it. However, I believe there would be push back from the side of the parents; many parents like the idea of having superiority in the education system, knowing that their children are gifted and talented or whatever categorical system is used by specific …show more content…
According to a study done by the Council of the Great City Schools, a nonprofit organization focusing on the nation’s urban public schools, the average U.S. public school student takes approximately 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten and their senior year of high school (Layton, 2015). As more and more tests are introduced as a mechanism to review our children’s performance, our students are worn down by the stress of the testing but also for the preparation of each test. They become overloaded and may not perform at their fullest capability. Not only does testing have implications for our children but also for the teachers, who are forced to prepare students who may not be ready to take the test, many teach for the test and not for students to grasp and understand concepts needed to
Across the United States majority of students attending public schools are assigned to them through the process of school districting. But in places where housing patterns are heavily racially segregated schools have shown just this. Many public schools across New York have produced racially and economically isolated schools. District lines often are drawn in a way that displaces those that have been systemically disenfranchised in many ways, which often includes our education system. By redistricting/rezoning neighborhoods this would force the process of socioeconomic and racial integration in the public school system. It is also the most common sense and most advised way to out this issue because it fits with the …show more content…
It allows for the academic tracking of students using state testing and other testing basis to categorize students and place them in classes with students who perform at the same level as them. This causes low performing students to be pooled into low performing classes. Statistically, many low performing students are of African American and Hispanic decent and tend to be economically disadvantaged. By reducing academic tracking, schools would be able to integrate classrooms and have children in an environment that promotes collaborative learning; it also removes the stigma attached to a tiered system. Economically this method would be feasible for NYC as is has no definite cost associated with it. However, I believe there would be push back from the side of the parents; many parents like the idea of having superiority in the education system, knowing that their children are gifted and talented or whatever categorical system is used by specific …show more content…
According to a study done by the Council of the Great City Schools, a nonprofit organization focusing on the nation’s urban public schools, the average U.S. public school student takes approximately 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten and their senior year of high school (Layton, 2015). As more and more tests are introduced as a mechanism to review our children’s performance, our students are worn down by the stress of the testing but also for the preparation of each test. They become overloaded and may not perform at their fullest capability. Not only does testing have implications for our children but also for the teachers, who are forced to prepare students who may not be ready to take the test, many teach for the test and not for students to grasp and understand concepts needed to