Mercedes Independent School District

In Kandice Sumner’s Ted Talk, “How America’s Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty”, she composes a well-constructed argument, concerning the issue of improperly and unequally distributed funding and resources to schools. Specifically, schools that are in low income and increased “colored” areas. Although I agree with her point of view that there should be a more structured and equally supplied school budget with necessary resources, I do not believe that the inequality is targeted to students of…

to find a school that has the major they are interested in. They also want a school that they feel would fit them well. Look at all the major factors before you come to a final decision on a university that you want to attend. These factors include how much the school cost, the size, academics, graduation rates, and so on. A colleges tuition(cost) is the major difference between public universities and private universities. The cost of a college is always determined by how the school is funded.…

racism, providing examples of how society as a whole creates unequal opportunities for children. Being born to a white family in a predominately white community comes with certain advantages. I rarely felt alone in terms of my race. Whatever school I attended, I knew there would be other students, faculty, and staff of my race. There is a comfort that emanates from being with people of the same race. This familiarity is a byproduct of the white privilege all white people carry, even if we…

attended school all the way through (Or chose to drop out), or even what part of an area they live in play such a monumental factor in a child’s education. With all the different inequalities in the education system, they all have effects that will occur inevitably such as: lower tax bases for big cities, underfunded schools, overcrowded schools (as a result of schools being…

The Obscure Segregation in Charlottesville Public Schools It has been 51 years since the Civil Rights Act ended the state and local laws requiring the segregation of whites from colored students in public schools, but a new form of segregation is alive in Charlottesville today. With the ever widening diversity in our country, it is hard to believe that a separatist mentality can still exist, after all we’ve had our first African American elected President of the United States. However, it…

Literacy in Languages Literacy is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the ability to read and write”. Many of us are blessed to be able to read and write. In Malcolm X’s article he considered being literate, as “In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life.” He explained the critical part of being a literate person, which is to free him self. Being a literate person is an essential skill to have in order to survive in this world. Learning a different language is a…

capable of raising it’s ranking, but the question arises as to how this can be done. Further, the question becomes as to whether expanding school choice is the direction to go. With there being 98,328 public schools and 30,861 private schools in the country in the 2011 to 2012 school year the sheer number of schools can cause one to believe that expanding schools is not the direction…

Is school a safe and secure place for every child? Lynda Barry, author of “The Sanctuary of School” believed that school was a diversion from the realities in her life. It was a place where she could truly be herself, a place where she felt she was wanted. Although, school can be a safe haven for some children, it can also be a nightmare for others. While interpreting Barry’s needs for children to be able to attend school, the question to inquire is if public school is the ideal environment…

number of students who are actually homeless and the fact that the program that was formed to help prevent poverty is underfunded. This article provides a lot of detailed information that helps the readers understand how big of an issue poverty in schools actually is. The article mentioned that being doubled up is the most common type of homeless for students, accounting for 71 percent of homeless students. The article used many legitimate sources from teachers to the directors of the National…

of state and private education in Australia, highlighted in 2003, when the Australian Bureau of Statistics cited that approximately 32% of all Australian students attended non-government schools, compared to just 7% in the United Kingdom and 11% in the United States (Meadmore * & Meadmore, 2004, p. 376). A school of thought proposes de-regulation and that competition breads better outcome and as such is a founding argument for neo-liberalism. This current discourse supports the national trend…