Education

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Students’ Right and Responsibilities

Students too have rights as citizens, including the right to an education. They have due process rights, protection from discrimination, and within limits, freedom of expression.

Education

● Education is organized in the society by individuals who are members of a particular group, community, states and nation.

● The wealth of knowledge acquired by an individual after studying particular subject matters or experiencing life lessons that provide an understanding of something.

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“Education does not start on our first day of schooling, it starts from the first forms of interaction as human beings.”

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“An imbalance between the rich and the poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”

-Plutarch

Education in the U.S. Education was restricted

to white rich malesNow more people are

getting an educationAmount of education

often depends on family income and race/ethnicity

History of Education in U.S.Segregation did not end until 1958 with the decision

of the Supreme CourtBrown vs. the Board of Education is what led to the

concept of segregation being unconstitutional

More HistoryEducation problems of inequality are rooted throughout

American history.Segregation caused inferior education for blacks.In 1954 the supreme court ruled that racial segregation in

public schools was unconstitutional.

Education in the U.S. NowThe South has not

progressed with desegregation since 1967

Latinxs are much more segregated than African American in suburban America

Racial Inequalities in Education

High drop out rate for Latinxs and Native Americans

Lower family income means less chances to attend college

Most minorities fall into the category with low family incomes

The Lottery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydhEMI5Xc4g

Educational AttainmentBlacks and Latinxs

have lower educational attainment

Mainly because of socioeconomic inequalities and racial discrimination

Socioeconomic IssuesSocioeconomic status of a

student plays into their achievement and attainment

income achievement has grown about 40 to 50 percent within twenty-five years

income achievement gaps grow separately within different races

Racial Microaggressions

“brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults to the target person or group”

A study shows that microaggressions are extremely common in classroom environments and not acknowledged/often ignored

Erasing Racial IssuesTeachers often ignore

racial matters between students

It must be taught rather than ignored

Erasing/ignoring these issues causes people to believe racist behavior is normalized

Higher Education

the largest forms of inequality in higher education: income and race

Affordability of education is difficult with such high costs

Affirmative action is supposed to improve racial issues

AffordabilityState cuts have greatly

contributed to the increasing cost of tuition

high tuition costs and the slow growth of middle-class incomes causes decline in affordability for higher education

Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is supposed to be contributing to equality, but most people believe that it is no longer needed

People believe it has not achieved much

Does Affirmative Action Need To Be Modified?

It is often critiqued and many believe it should be modified

Fit the needs of others that face different inequalities

Help those that cannot afford higher education

Karl Marx & Educationpolytechnical education

would be idealHad a utopian idea for

education and believed it would lead to a much more conscious society

Marx & EducationHe believed that “false

consciousness” needed to be eradicated and exposed

Marx believed that the main purpose of education was to put revolutionary theory into practice

Functionalist Theory● The functionalist theory focuses on the

way that universal education serves society

● “moral education” formed a more‐cohesive social structure by joining together people from different backgrounds, which echoes the historical concern of “Americanizing” immigrants (assimilating)

Motivation In Succeedinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjnq5StX68g

Conflict theoriesKarl Marx the intellectual founder of Conflict

theories.Functionalists emphasize cohesion, conflict

theorists emphasize struggle in explaining social order.

The “achievement ideology” of schools disguise the real power struggles which correspond to the power struggles of the larger society.

Government InvolvementPublic education in the past has always been a priority of

the state rather than the federal government. The federal government's responsibility is to provide

safety and minimum requirements.Before the 20th century, public education was controlled

by local districts. More than half of the funding came from local taxes, which led to the quality of schools depending on the location of the districts.