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Impact of Integrated Schools on Children

Introduction

It is rightly said that societies and social phenomenon are always changing and evolving: for the better or the worse. Change is the only constant factor in a society and is also essential for the betterment and continual of society (Bartlett, 2008, Pp: 737). History has several examples that prove the fact that society that discontinued evolving and became stagnant, finally got lost in oblivion and lack of changes call for end of societies as well as civilizations. However, as mentioned earlier, all changes are not for good and some of the alterations prove to be lessons for the citizens of one particular area: thus guiding them in the right direction and providing information about the possibility of positive changes (Differences in the gender gap: comparisons across racial/ ethical groups in education and work, 2012).

Integration of schools is also one of such experiments of the government, aimed at bringing about change in the society and producing a few positive as well as negative effects (Income shocks and gender gaps in education: evidence from Uganda, 2012). The following paragraphs would highlight the positive and negative changes produced by the racially integrated schools, depending mainly upon the gender and income level of the individuals and thus also analyzes where they are good for kids or not?

Discussion

Racially Integrated Schools

Integrated schools can be defined as the institutions in which the private schools join state school systems, in order to promote educated and remove the differences between the private and the state owned institutions (Gender equality in and through education, 2012). Similarly, racial integration refers to the educational institutions where there is no segregation on the basis of racial differences and black and white students are taught in the same classes, in the same manner. It is eminent to mention here that in before 1954, there was racial segregation in all the public and private schools across the United States of America and separate institutions were established for the black and the white students (Grant and Sleeter, 2012). However, in 1954 Brown started making efforts for the end of this racial segregation and after a number of years of struggle and efforts, finally the racial segregation in schools came to an end and all the students can be treated equally (Orfield and Eaton, 1997, Pp: 316 ).

Racially integrated Schools and the Income of families

It has been observed, and the researches have also shown that the colored children generally belong to the low income families and thus the same children studying in racially integrated schools are usually subjected to discrimination on the basis of social status (Frankenberg and Pelot, 2011, Pp: 193). A close look at the maps of particular areas also proves that most of the black schools are situated in the low income areas and the children belonging to lower strata of the society attend them.

After years of research and studies in the area of education and learning, it has been concluded that the ...