Same as for children and teenagers. There also study out there that found out that children who went to school or grew up in the community with the high level of diversity are less racially prejudiced than children who lived and went to school in highly segregated areas. Diversity introduced to education around 1830s. During this period there are three major trends were got introduced to education. Exerting their strongest influence on New England and the Middle Atlantic States. The three major trends are urbanization, industrialization, and immigration. The biggest immigration is from Ireland and Germany before the Civil War, bringing to the United States large numbers of people whose language was not English and whose religion was not Protestant. …show more content…
Joseph W. Newman (2006), (p. 186). These three major trends did not made everyone in America really happy. Joseph W. Newman (2006) mentioned that “The entire process of modernization threatened many people because the traditional community Rights Act of 1964 ended all state and local law requiring segregation. So what are some of the results of the combining different races in a single school system? There was a study conducted by the University of Illinois at Chicago to measure the student performance at the high school system. There main study was to figure out do students from diverse high schools do better in the ethnically diverse environment at UIC? After testing for other factors that affect GPA, like ACT, high school rand, and high school quality, the University of Illinois at Chicago found out that a huge significant diversity impacts. Depending on the diversity measure, a student from a very diverse high school has an expect first semester GPA that is one fourth to one half point higher than a student from a non diverse high school. The diversity impacts tend to be greater for students in the lower tail of the GPA distribution. (Tam, M. S., & Bassett Jr., G. W. (2004).) Also in June 23, 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the policy of University of Michigan Law School to use race in its admissions decisions “to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.” The claim is that diversity benefits all students, minorities and non minorities alike. It enhances classroom learning directly, and it prepares students for the pluralistic society in which they will live and work after graduation. (Tam, M. S., & Bassett Jr., G. W. (2004).) Bases on couple of the studies I mentioned above study in a diversity environment do make an impact on the performance of students, specially with high school students. So what is the reason behind diversity in secondary education? In 1999 Gurin analyzes student data from University of Michigan and the Cooperative Institutional Research Program and draws the conclusion that “student learn more and think deeper, more complex ways in a diverse educational environment” (Tam, M. S., & Bassett Jr., G. W. (2004).) Also Gurin mentioned that students “who experienced the most racial and diversity in classroom settings and in informal interactions with peers showed the greatest engagement in active thinking processes, growth in intellectual engagement and motivation, and growth in intellectual and academic skills” (Tam, M. S., & Bassett Jr., G. W. (2004).) In Hawaii the school that is have the highest the level of diversity tend to do better than school have the lower level of diversity. One of the top school who been known for providing great education is President William Mckinley High School. I was a student at President Mckinley High School for all of my fours years in high school and I know for sure this school diversity number is really high. There are total of 15 to 20 different ethnicities at Mckinley High School. There are Native American (0.5%), Black (0.7%), Chinese (25.6%), Filipino (19.8%), Native Hawaiian (9.9%), Japanese (9.3%), Korean (6.3%), Portuguese (0.6%), Samoan (4.1%), Indo-Chinese (8.6%), Micronesian (5.6%), Tongan (0.7%), Guamanian (0.5%), White (4.5%), other Asian (0.6%) and other Pacific Islander ( less than 1%) (en.wikipedia.org). Mckinley is rank second in the state for college readiness, math and reading. The math proficiency is around 58%, reading proficiency is around 71%. With the graduation rate of 70-80% which on of the top in the state (www.mckinley.k12.hi.us). Now let take a knot a visit Mililani High School. Mililani high school is one of the best public school in the nation and the student ethnicity of this school consist of 20 to 27 different ethnicities. There are Black (3.6%), Chinese (2.9%), Filipino (18.6%), Native Hawaiian (16.9%), Japanese (24.7%), White (13.1%), Korean (1.8%), Portuguese (1.3%), Hispanic (3.8%), Samoan (1.8%) and other ethnicities (2.3%). Mililani average graduation rate is around 90% and the math proficiency is around 62% and reading proficiency is around 88% (arch.k12.hi.us). Now let look at the lowest rank public school in Hawaii. Nanakuli been one of the lowest ranking school in the State for a longest of times. For the last five years they has been known as the worst school in the State. The percentage of the reading proficient is around 50% and math is around 15%. Also Nanakuli high school have a really low level of diversity. There are total around 800 students in this school and 676 of them are Native Hawaiian, 97 of them are Samoan and less than a 100 students are from different ethnicity (arch.k12.hi.us). From all these statistics it shows that school with more diversity tend to do better than school with the lower level of diversity. Another example for this let us look at Waianae High School. The similarity between Waianae High School and Nanakuli is the low level of diversity in school. There are total of 1737 students who attending Waianae High School in 2014. Out of 1737 students 1028 of them are Native Hawaiian, 223 are Filipino, 124 are Samoan, 84 of them are white, and 278 are other ethnicity. The percentage of the reading proficiency for Waianae High School is around 58%, math is around 37%, and science is only 16%. (arch.k12.hi.us) After all the statistics I found out from doing my research I came to the conclusion that diversity do make a tremendous impact in school especially in secondary education. Also I found out that the diversity of the school needs to be evenly distributed. From example there are more than five ethnic groups in Waianae High School but because Native Hawaiian took up more than half of the population so there is still a dominant group in the school. In the other hand all the different ethnicities are evenly distributed throughout the school so it created a place where there is no particular dominant group. Another positive impact of diversity in the classroom is that it will prepare students to work in a diversity workplace in the future.
In 2015 the populations of America is around 320,386,661 people and among those people 12.61% are African American, 9.11% are mixed, 4.75% are Asian, 0.95% are American Indian and Alaska Native, other 0.17% are Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (en.wikipedia.org).All these numbers just showed that children who born in America will live in one of the biggest melting pot of the world. So it is most likely every high school students who graduated from high school will end up going to a college or what at a place where everyone around them most likely will be from another ethnic background. Specially for those students to lives in Hawaii. The population of Hawaii is around 1,360,301 and 38% of the population are Chinese, 24% are White, 23% are mixed between two or more races, 9% are Native Hawaiian, 8% are Hispanic, 1% are African American and for American Indian and Alaska Native tribes it below 1% of the population (https://suburbanstats.org). That is just some of the main races who lives in Hawaii, there are much more different races that is included in the …show more content…
data. Diversity might not be the only factor that is contributed to how well the school is performing but it could be one of the biggest impact.
The world we are living in today is slowly falling apart. The tragedy of many people in the Islamic States, Ferguson riot, Boston Marathon Terror Attack, and much more. I truly believe if we get rid of discrimination, racism, hatred between different religions the world will be a much better place. It is not too late for us to clean up our mistakes. We can start changing this world by promoting diversity in education. Diversity not only help students does better school, it is also a way we can promote peace and love among nations. Millions of refugees are suffering trying to escape their home because of their differences. People believe that they are different from others but at the end of the day we are all human who are just trying to survive. Why can’t we treat everyone around us equally despite their differences. We can change the world with our future generations. “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” - Maya
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I grew up across the street from two high schools. One of them, Fiorello Laguardia High School, is a special admissions public school for students who are gifted in the performing or visual arts. The student population at Laguardia is relatively diverse with students of all races attending, although the majority of the students, as at all of the NYC special admissions high schools, is white and Asian. The other high school, Martin Luther King jr. High School is a "regular" public high school. The population is almost entirely African American and Hispanic with a very small minority of Asian students.
We should treat everyone equally even if they don’t believe in the same things as us. All of the tragedies we have had motivate us to fix our mistakes. If we fix our mistakes our humanity could be so much better. Also if we remember what happened in the past we will know how to handle anything bad that happens better. Hopefully by making our humanity better and learning from our mistakes we will prevent tragedies.
Immigration quite literally changed the face of America. During the 1950s over half of the immigrants were European and only six percent were Asians, however by the 1970s only sixteen percent of immigrants were of
In today’s world, there are numerous places where people create a society that is full of diversity. Although these societies exist, we have people who do not have tolerance for others because of the differences among each other. These differences include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and more. In our society, there are also multiple prejudices which prevent us from understanding each other. The relationship between tolerance and prejudice is that if we promote tolerance, we slowly end prejudice. The only way in which we can live happier and healthier lives is if we let go of all the negatives and begin to understand one another.
This grows them not only in their physical development but also in their emotional and social. As mentioned previously, they start to form impressions and ideas around the ages of two and four. So, this is the foundation of how their interpretation is formed at a very early age. Diversity is important to apply here but also touchy as it needs to be handled carefully. Teaching diversity at this point in their lives is critical when children are young. From this study, it was found that children from as early as six months of age can distinguish the varied of skin colors and facial features. In early childhood settings, name-calling is often toward their discriminatory behavior and prejudicial thinking. If they are not told to stop and use the situation as a teaching moment, it will have the potential to escalate into violent acts of hate as children grow older. It is important as to how caregivers and teachers respond to children. They can help the children’s questions and misperceptions about skin color, ethnic differences, and other forms of differences in
Next, a more diverse environment is found in public schools than in private schools. At public schools the ethnic makeup is as follows: 58% white, 20% hispanic, 16% black, 4% Asian, 1% Native American, 1% other. In private schools, 74% o...
We live in a world that is made up of many different types of people races religions etc. we do not live alone, borders are open you can travel and meet people from all around the world. This allows us the opportunity to get to know many people, which allows us to realize that we are all different and to respect one another all must be very tolerant.
People of the world are very different in many ways, and yet similarities exist. Many languages are spoken, many religions are practiced, but we have one 1 thing in common, humanity. By definition, humanity is what makes us part of the human race. Humanity is like a universal bridge, connecting groups of people to each other. Without humanity, you have many groups stranded like islands. We have to celebrate this bridge, and allow others to cross it, to experience our different cultures. We can use this knowledge of our various cultures to improve ourselves as human beings. If we're not improving, then we are taking a step back, enough steps back and we will eventually come back to where we started from. Instead we should take steps forward, crossing this bridge and uniting with the people on the other side. Uniting with people is essential to stop unwanted accidental misunderstand. Those that are not united are not familiar with each other, and those that are unfamiliar with each other have more differences, and when differences exist, conflicts arise. With conflicts come wars, with wars come destruction, destruction of the crucial bridges that connect us. If we cross the universal bridge more often, we will virtually eliminate hate and racism, something which we desperately need in this crucial and sensitive time.
The world we live in today compared to 30 or 40 years ago has been able to comprehend and learn how to get along with people of different nationalities, economic status, ethnicities, religion and even those who are trying to find their gender identity to name a few. America is a melting pot of different cultures, races and ethnicities; however there are people who still seem to not be able to accept change or at least understand that being different does not give a person the right to discriminate. At the least, we should respect and try to accept these differences because that only brings us one step closer at fighting racism. There are several characteristics of diversity such as culture, disability (mental, learning, physical), political
The world is currently undergoing a cultural change, and we live in an increasingly diverse society. This change is not only affect the people in the community but also affect the way education is viewed. Teaching diversity in the classroom and focusing multicultural activities in the programs can help improve positive social behavior in children. There is no question that the education must be prepared to embrace the diversity and to teach an increasingly diverse population of young children.
Living in a diverse world should be something a person should be proud of. Getting to know a person’s culture and their beliefs should be a wonderful ability. Respecting one another is important, even though a lot of people still disregard that, which should discontinue. We should all start to learn how to make this world a better place,
Racism Today Racial prejudice and discrimination are very prevalent in our society today, it is unfortunate but it is an issue we not only as a country, but world deals with. Racism is one of the most important social issues of the modern world. It has affected millions of people and is one of the deepest social problems in history. This is an issue has caused countless problems so it is imperative they we open our minds, without prejudice in order to better understand it, and make the necessary changes we need to globally.
Ignorance is a huge problem, it is one of the biggest factors responsible for issues such as racism and sexism. Luckily, ignorance, generally speaking, is a relatively easy issue to fix. The obvious answer here would be more education, but this is not necessarily the case. In order to eliminate much of the racism, sexism, and other forms of prejudice that arise due to ignorance, it is necessary to look at education from another perspective: one that encourages togetherness and development alongside people of all races and genders. One quote by Grace Boggs book The Next American Revolution summarizes the issue perfectly. “Just imagine what our neighborhoods would be like if, instead of keeping our children isolated in classrooms for twelve years and more, we engaged them in community-building activities with the same audacity with which the civil rights movement engaged them in desegregation activities fifty years ago! ...Our children will be absorbing naturally and normally the values of social responsibility and cooperation at the same time that they are being inspired to learn the skills and acquire the information necessary to solve real problems” (Boggs 158). So, the main point here is that prejudice, against all sexes, genders, and creeds, can be eliminated via education that encourages cooperation with the largest variety of people. In order to understand this concept, it is necessary to look at it from a few different perspectives to analyze its viability in modern society.
The world as a whole is becoming more diverse. There is diversity in schools and in the workplace. People should understand that diversity is what makes the world go around. If all people had the same characteristics then the world would be a very boring place. Even though all human beings are the same in some ways, we are still culturally different. Cultural diversity lets us appreciate our differences. Different cultural groups have varying beliefs, customs, values, and a wide variety of characteristics that make them special. Cultural influences make people see the world differently and cultural diversity should be appreciated.
Our world is constantly changing and it requires a society that is well versed in understanding the problems deriving from culture differences and tolerance of one another’s beliefs and perceptions. We are dealing with systemic problems in education, economic, government, religion and culture differences.