Inequality In American Education

Education: For the Rich and Poor

Imagine living in tall two story mansion with the best furniture and toys money can buy, and then imagine living in a small cramped room with barely enough money to keep the electricity running. The difference between these two situations is that one is living in comfort, and the other is living in poverty. Money greatly affects , money doesn’t always affect the way a child learns, but in the articles “Inequality in the American Education System” by William H. Schmidt and “Inequality in Education” by Kevin D. Williamson. These articles show how much money affects the education in America, without money most students living in poverty will not be able to make it far in life. While those with money will most likely become the future generation of businessmen and doctors. Thus, as long as social inequality continues to thrive inside of our education system the education students receive will not be equal - instead we should provide the same education for both the

rich and poor.
In reality, many low-income children do not make it as far in life, because their parents can not help them with homework.

Therefore, many children living in poverty are not able “to make use of their talent- to get the right education, to pursue the right career path” (Krugman,1). Because of this, social injustice has now started to rapidly affect our education system, and for this reason children living in poverty are getting fewer chances to a successful future. These kids seem not to be entitled to a strong future, because of their social structure. To provide these kids the education they deserve, the government should spend more of our income on providing for the low-income families. Then by providing the families more access, the children become healthier and are entitled to better schools and better education. Social inequality is quickly downsizing the rate of graduating students yearly, and as a society we must strive to end this inequality in our education

system.
Nearly, every chance to receive a high education is very unlikely among the low-income families. Thus, our education system is “largely based on chance, making academic opportunities into a kind of lottery” (Schmidt,1. The chances for a better education in America is highly based on social structure. The rich get into better colleges and end up farther in life, but the poor do not make it half as far. It shows how unlikely it is to achieve stable education in America. For these kids to all get the stable education, every school should be offered for them to learn. With this purpose in mind, it is not only cheaper, but also providing these kids to better education and helping them make it further in life. Social inequality is quickly slowing down the progress for children in poverty, because of their lack of money.
Since,many schools offer different level maths for brighter students in mathematics, the brighter math students tend to go farther in math. While, the rest of the students lack behind, and do not get as far in math. In many schools, the lower math classes have weaker math instruction, and it leads the worse grades. For example , “weak math instruction is so common in struggling districts that their instructional content has more in common with low-income districts in different states” (Schmidt,1). Thus, the only way to give equal opportunities to students, is for all of the same grade to learn the same level math. Another way is for quieter classes, for students to learn and have less distractions. With less distractions students tend to work better, and therefore they learn faster than they did with a rowdy class. Social inequality is affecting the pace many students are learning, and thus students in the same grade should be put in the same level of math.
Therefore, with these reasons in mind, carefully think of the injustice between the rich and poor is inevitable. With these unfairness between the different math levels, and the fact that most children in poverty do not make it as far in life makes a hint that money is the base of our education system. Because of the way our system works, getting into a good education is almost identical to the chance of winning a lottery. To conclude, we need to simply give back the money we have to the children in poverty so they can have a better education and a better chance at life.