Education Past vs. Present

Education Past Vs Present

     Growing up in an urban community, which was full of individuals of all different race and ethnic back grounds. I never  viewed race or ethnicity as a problem or a conflict because I lived in such a vast multiport of people that I never really paid close attention to it.  But in middle school  a even that occurred that introduced me to race differentially was when all of my middle school teachers  decided to go on strike due to the fact of low test scores in the school. Which resulted in teachers not getting there contracts renewed. In the beginning I really didn’t grasp why my teachers was outside protesting in the first place but all I knew was that they was upset about they wanted a change and quick.

     Now that I am older I now understood the main reason why they were protesting. Also that event open my eyes to different ethnicity and the how different the standard of teaching was compared to the urban education system to the suburban system.  The problem that was happening was in the suburban communities which was heavily occupied by Caucasians was undergoing a very rigorous education system  compared to the teaching district of the urban community. Which was heavily populated with people of color? When it can to the state exams the results was catastrophic, the majority of the students in the urban community was failing that state aptitude test, whiles the children who was in the suburban district was passing with flying colors. So as a result of this the state decided to withhold the contracts of the teachers in the urban communities untie the test scores improved .

    The argument that the teachers was giving was that even though they want to teach the children and they are giving them tool to succeed, they cannot take the test for them in order to make them pass. They was not giving up to  date tool in order for the students to gain in depth knowledge of a subject.

    If you look at how race was divided in the olden days to this present day to be honest not much has changed the only thing that has changed was the ability of blacks to integrate white schools system. In the olden days white schools had the upper hand when I can to preparing there student for life and the advantages that goes along with it. The standard of education was high and the facilities and the tools that the students used was in excellent and up to date condition. Whiles the urban school was extremely poor with a very low standers of education which was being provided for the youth. If you look at the school system now not much has changed even though people say that the test scores of the urban school system has increased, it is still no where near where it should be.