Summary Of Race Poverty And Community Schools

The article I chose to read is "Race, Poverty, and Community Schools." The article speaks a lot about the importance of the community’s role in public education. Therefore, I think that the author believes the purpose of education in our society is to teach our students to be good citizens, who are helpful in their community. I think the author wants our public schools to implement the tools in our students to help our community become a better place.

The article says, “There are four keys to creating community schools: leadership, partnership, community voice and financing.” When one or more of these keys is lacking that is when a problem develops. What I believe the author thinks the main issue is in schools that aren’t as successful is