Education 221
Mid Term Paper
In the New York Times article (Sunday Magazine November 26, 2006), Paul Tough states, "The evidence is now overwhelming that if you take an average low-income child and put him into an average American public school, he will most certainly come out poorly educated." This quote is powerful because of the truth behind it. Young students who come from poor backgrounds have to struggle with so much more then a rich and privileged student does. Such as school inequalities which range from race, economics and even teachers.
The video on the Staton Elementary School (1991) is a great example of why this quote is true. The school was made up of all African American boys and girls from ages 4- 10 years of age. They all come from poor families and just about all of them come from single parent homes. The reason why so many of the children in the video are poorly educated is because these kids have gone though so much in their lives. Their parents are......
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