Unequal Education

Thank you for visiting Unequal Education at myspace. The goal here is to draw attention to the mass inequities existent in America's public school system. Did you know that economically disadvantaged students are hurt by a number of financial inequities in public education (Welch, 2001)? Many of our children have a lack of access to technology, updated textbooks, healthy diets and exercise, and safe classrooms and hallways.
For the most part, the school districts in which working-class and underclass children live often have fewer tax dollars to spend on education than do districts in which middle-class children reside (Kozol, 1992). Poorer districts also tend to pay lower salaries to teachers than richer districts and have difficulty attracting and retaining teachers. These inequities have recently been challenged in the courts, and states are finding ways to mitigate some of these imbalances (Andre-Bechely, 2005). Nevertheless, in the meantime, children in America's schools continue to receive unequal education in unequitable learning environments. img src="http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/715/mybanner4813e159 cc04dfz5.jpg"