Brown VS Board of Education

Refkection: Separate but Unequal

Schools are not separately segregated, but education is different based on poverty and class range. Their goal is to have low poverty and rich students into one school. "Studies have shown that it is not the race of the students that is significant, but rather the improved all-around environment of schools with better teachers, fewer classroom disruptions, pupils who are more engaged academically, parents who are more involved, and so on. The poorer students benefit from the more affluent environment. “It’s a much more effective way of closing the achievement gap,” said Mr. Kahlenberg." Here the author shows that based on race, poverty or enviorment you can't determine how effective their learning will be. We are no longer faced with segregation but in way throught the article, Herbet does show how education is seen as a way of separation but unequal. As a student from Central Falls, I can relate to this article because I grew up in a city with low poverty and a low education I can relate to this article because as a college student now, I realized how different the education I recieved compared to those who attended Saint Rays, or Cumberland High School. It would be great to see schools trying to make an effort to allow students from low poverty schools transfer to recieve the same education. Just because they are from a low poverty area does not mean that limits their ability to learn at the same level those who are in middle class schools. It would be great to see changes. Based on the videos, and the website of Brown VS the Board of Education, we can see we have come a long way based on the pictures shown on the website and how hard we have tried to get to where we are now. Tim Wise makes a great point about how President Obama is in a hard place. Racism has not changed. It is a start but we as a society have alot to do. It will take a while to get where we hope to be, but hopefully it can all work out.