Compare And Contrast Inner City And Inner School

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The people who you surround yourself with can enable you to reach your highest potential; they can also disable you to reach your goals. Students at inner city schools have a whole separate experience than do suburban students and that is because the people that spend the most time with inner city students have drastically different lives than those who surround suburban students. There are many differences between students home lives, socioeconomic statuses, and provided staff in suburban schools and inner city schools that are proven to be advantageous and disadvantageous to the student involved.

In suburban school districts home life, socioeconomic status, and school staff play a huge role in how a student develops within their educational …show more content…

Students of a higher socioeconomic status most always have easier ways to access academic resources. Inner city students generally come from lower income households which keeps them from finding extra help they may need to pay for with money they do not have. Directly correlated with this is the home life of a student. When more parents or guardians are involved in a student 's life, the more drive and support they have to succeed. Low income households are subject to less flexible work schedules and one can see a huge population of inner city students that have only one parent or guardians in their lives regularly. Another money factor that directly relates to education is how much is given to each school to hire teaching staff. Generally suburban schools are given more money to hire well qualified staff.
In summation, there is a clear difference with how well suburban students and inner city students can go about in their educational careers. Home life, socioeconomic status, and provided staff in suburban schools and inner city schools that are proven to be advantageous and disadvantageous to the student involved. Overall, it is typically suburban schools that have higher graduation rates at 71% than inner city schools who graduate at 50%. This much of a gap is seen because of different kind of help and advantages students are

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