If a child lives in poverty they can be neglected of the right essentials to life. If a child’s parents are on a fixed income it is less likely for a child to be place in a well-educated facility. Goldstein ranks poverty high on her list because if a child’s family is poor this will bring about more consequences such as, malnutrition and not being able to attend a higher educated school system. With this being said she states the claim that “poverty exerts a crushing influence over children’s lives”. This is true because if a child sees their parents struggling finically they will believe that there is no way out for them and that going to school would not matter if their parents are continuing to struggle. Davis Guggenheim might challenge this claim because he thinks those teachers are a leading cause in the problem the school face. He thinks that we need better staff in facility to allow children to be properly educated. Guggenheim commonly referees back to the ideas that teachers need to be evaluated and if they do not pass the evaluation that they should be fired on the spot. Guggenheim states that “the difference between good and bad teachers is the ability to raise the grades of students.” This statement can be true in some case but not all. Once in a while, you come across excellent teachers that no matter what the circumstances are they are able to communicated and get through to the student. But …show more content…
If a child has a strong support system it is likely for him or her to exceed great expectations. Dana Goldstein would agree with this claim because she thinks that counseling is strong aspect in child’s education. Counseling will allow kids to become aware of their problem and seek a support group for help. I firmly believe that if you have a strong relationship with your family you will be able to overcome any challenged that one maybe face in life when pursuing an education. Dana claims that “counseling (how we prepare young people, professionally and socially, for adult life”. She thinks that once we cover the three c’s method that it will allow for people to reform education. Counseling goes way beyond the wall in which the talking stage occurs. When you are counseling someone you in return offer problem solving strategies, help and provide assistance and other tactics in which a person can use to overcome obstacles. This is beneficial to s student because all throughout your academic career you are faced with obstacles that you need to overcome and you can’t always overcome then alone. Steven brill would argue that it is the child will to do well, not the surrounding environment he or she has. In the article “Waiting for a School Miracle”, Diane Ravitch claims that “to prove that poverty does not matter political leader points to school that have