I chose this topic because this semester I have had a class that is about urban education and the things that seem to be lacking compared to private schools. Just being a child in an urban community, you are instantly penalized. Since the teachers that are placed into these urban schools are people who often have no experience what it is like living there or attending school in said community, they have no way to relate to the student and the students feel that dis connect then the urban students are seen as some sort of problem because they might show up unprepared the teacher does not understand that maybe said students' parents can't afford to bring what the teacher wants them to bring. Which is why the urban school needs to receive extra funding so all the students can show up and not worry about being made fun of.
I made this piece to show how students in urban communities feel that the only way to get new supplies is in their imaginations. On the cover is a student whose normal school environment lacks the necessary materials, and the next one is an image of the student in their imagination, with all the necessary materials and the need for schools.
Urban schools often get the donations of older, outdated textbooks and computers from the well-funded suburban schools, which donate those items so they can receive the improved versions of those items. This leads to the urban schools using outdated materials while suburban schools have access to the latest resources. Also, I feel like that leads to the urban d student being left behind in studies, if they are always receiving the old book with all the old lessons, they are sentenced to being left with another disadvantage. When weather schools get new things, other schools in low-income areas should also receive those items, also to ensure there are equal opportunities, no matter income.
Different incomes seem to be used as a sort of educational segregation to keep the people with low income in that category and to keep the wealthy where they are. After desegregation, many black schools received outdated materials from white schools because of systemic inequalities. This continues today, with urban schools, for example, receiving fewer resources than suburban schools, perpetuating disparities in educational opportunities. The differences in resources often stem from the different funding models, where schools in wealthier areas benefit from higher property taxes. In contrast, urban schools with lower poverty levels struggle to secure the right funding for supplies and technology. A historical example is the Brown vs Board of Education, where white schools retained newer textbooks and equipment while black schools often received older, discarded books.
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