Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality (NYT)

 

Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality


In this New York Times article, I was able to really dive in and read about the different aspects and contributors to segregation and inequality in schools. The article allowed me to explore and learn about education inequality through 6 different activities. "Six Activities for Students to Investigate School Segregation and Educational Inequality" is what is was titled. Each activity offered a new perspective and a different approach on tackling this information efficiently. This allowed me to really learn and begin to form ways this affects our education system, why it affects our education system, data behind it, and steps to tackle the issue. The activity that pulled it all together for me was activity 4, this activity talked about how we get better schools for children and the legal remedies to segregation and educational inequality. It offered me some insight as to how we can start to mend our education system. Knowing sometimes where to start is just the help you need in being part of the change and addressing the problem. Without an article like this, we are left without all the information, or worse, without ways to start contributing and successfully fixing such an important issue. 


Credit...Tim Gruber for The New York Times

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