PEER PRESSURE

Role of Racialized Peer Pressure in Education System



Role of Racialized Peer Pressure in Education System

Introduction

"Our advancement as a nation can be no swifter than our advancement in education. The human brain is our basic resource," -JohnF. Kennedy. Education, especially in this day and age, is a necessary device for survival. Former president Kennedy identified it, as does current president GeorgeW. Bush, and all managers to arrive will identify it as well. Unfortunately, not every student in America's schools gets the education that he or she deserves. Different inequalities and other situations among students can hinder the educational process, preventing success later in life. America's public schools are not providing the learning that students need to thrive.

Discussion

Within the schools of built-up communities live many troubles that are retaining scholars to smaller standards. These students leave school unprepared for higher education and without many important job skills that suburban or rural students may acquire. Without this knowledge, numerous families are doomed to lifetime after lifetime of underprivileged life. Though some reform policies have been successful, not enough have been enacted or effective. There needs to be a change in urban schools to properly serve the children.

A major problem with public schools in urban communities is that they are not receiving proper funding. The figures are there to prove it. One study states, "In 1990, schools with low poverty levels spent an average of $6565 per student, while those with higher poverty levels spent and average of $5173 per student” (Echenique, 2006, p. 34). This lack of funding could be caused by a multitude of reasons, such as low test scores, which cause many universities, scholarship organizations, and numerous other sponsors to exhibit reluctance in funding these schools. Another potential reason for this lack of funding could be not enough government money due to the low tax base, which keeps schools going in many places. Low test scores could easily be explained by the quality of teaching staff, as the study further shows, "In low-poverty schools, fewer than 1 in 5 English classes are taught by a teacher who doesn't even have a minor in English while in high poverty schools, approximately 1 in 3 is so taught” (Smitherman, 1998, p. 5). Simply because the funding is not there, the teachers really do not care? Or maybe it's the manner that they are hired. All too often, the teachers who weren't good enough to get jobs at prep schools and suburban schools end up in run-down ghetto schools, and just don't want to be there. Yet, There is such a problem with raising taxes on an already financially struggling population. Lack of funding is wrecking the value of learning of built-up schools.

The assault of private versus public schools has long been raging. As shown here, occasionally personal schools just are not an option. "US citizenship assurances all parents an learning for their children. This is a factual municipal right. Yet some children receive a better education than others due to their parents ...