Low- Income Families Access to Better Education

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Imagine a private or a public high school in a rich or middle class area: the halls are crowded with students rushing to get to class. You hear the banging of their lockers being closed and people rushing to get to class. The bell rings to get to first period in the morning. Fred a high school senior is rushing to get to his Advance Placement Biology class on time for a lab. When he walks in he sees the dissection plates, beakers, scalpels out ready for a frog dissection. Now imagine the same picture and setting except that the school is a high school in a low-income area. Picture Fred in the low-income high school walking into his science class and not having a book or resources he needs in order to properly learn the material and do the dissection. You may think that the education and teaching is the same in a low-income area and wealthy or middle class area. This is not necessarily true. According to the New York Times, It is a well- known fact that children from affluent families tend to do better in school (New York Times 1). If students that are in affluent families getting a better education, we need to help low-income families get access to better education. Education in low -income communities is a social injustice because it disadvantages low -income students by not providing them with the same educational opportunities as a student that lives in a rich or middle class area.
Students in low-income areas do not have the classes, resources or teachers to give them the best possible education necessary to prepare them for college. Education is a disadvantage for low- income students because they do not have access to quality education as a wealthier person.
The educational gap between the wealthy and the low-income ...

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...eir actions. They should be able to support low-income students to the same standards as the wealthy or the elite schools. Also low income schools should work on programs that will help the students get to the level they need in order to graduate. Also the district should create a program that make sure that the low income students get equal opportunity to the resources and tools they need to have a good education. So people like Fred in the low-income area can be provided the Advance Placement courses, the books and the instruments they need to thrive.
It is a pivotal role that our low-income schools are provided all the resources that are possible to be able to compete with students in the private, middle class and the elite schools. We need to help low income students strive and prepare them to graduate and pursue higher education in college.

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