Equal Right To Education Essay

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The main purpose of this social movement is to advocate for equal rights to education for students. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, or a student your major concern at some point in your life is whether you’re able to receive an education in this country due to the way educational system is constructed. Having an education is the key to improving our life, the life of our family, and the overall standard of living in our country. However, so many of us are being denied of education for various reasons that our social movement is about to tackle. The goal of this social movement is to provide universal access to education despite of your race or socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation/identity. Looking at education from the …show more content…

Looking at our history and US allies, it is possible to have a free public education with other parts of system functioning as well. The main strategy to achieve this goal is to support leaders that want education system to change. People who want to redistribute/ increase taxes in order to provide universal access to education, and cut spendings for the wealthiest people in this country. I highly encourage everyone to be involved in joining groups at our local communities that advocate for free education. Being active is a first step to make a change. The obstacle we might face on this mission is the fact that we’re about the challenge the notion that education is an exclusive investment only for the wealthiest people. Thus, people of higher economic status might not want to support the leaders advocating for free education, because that would take away from their own status. Education in this country is seen as a luxury, not a necessity. People might also be against raising/redistributing taxes as it might be against their own interest, especially the wealthiest people who benefit from …show more content…

The strategy will mainly focus on providing minority students with programs at local schools providing them with counseling, mentorship, career-advising that will help them to get through school. Those programs should start early in education, and continue throughout high-school, university, and graduate school. Another strategy is to be involved in social protesting against racial discrimination that once in our history turned out to be successful- Civil Rights Movement. Let’s create interest groups of students with racial minority background that will involve in public advocating for their rights to education, and also politically by supporting the leaders that do care about future of minorities in our

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