Essay On Social Class Schools

For the most part, I agree with the statement above due to the achievement levels of schools that contain different social classes. Students in the upper class are provided with a higher quality education than the middle class and the working class students receive a poor quality education. Students who live in neighborhoods with high poverty rates tend to receive the lowest quality education in the nation. These differences are due to amount and quality of materials, teachers and paraeducators, and the different environments and school conditions. In Oprah’s special report that included switching students from inner city schools with students from suburban schools, there were many obvious differences. The students from the inner city mainly lived in neighborhoods with a lot of …show more content…
Anyon also discusses the differences in quality of curriculum between the different social class schools. In working-class schools, students are taught the basics, mainly procedures and facts, and rarely get the opportunity to show their creativity and think for themselves. These schools also lack independent and inquiry research assignments and the students are taught to follow routine tasks almost daily. In middle class schools, comprehension of all subjects is extremely stressed. Although the teachers go into more detail about topics than working class schoolteachers do, they only teach far enough for the students to have a good generalization of the topic before moving on. In upper class schools, teachers focus on individual discovery and creativity and want the students to learn from experience. There is more time to work collaboratively with others and students are encouraged to think for themselves. Some of the most important goals for students in upper class schools are creativity and personal