Hinchliffe- Blog #7 TAL, Herbert, and Brown vs Board

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While reading Bob Herbert's article, Separate and Unequal, I learned that schools are still segregated in a way. Schools themselves are not segregated but due to housing patterns and areas of low income, segregation is still going on. After listening to This American Life, I began to understand more of what it is like for children going to a school in poverty areas. The podcast was about Normandy High School and the children that attended this school were not given equal opportunities. When children were not meeting expectations the teachers were not informing the parents, and for the children that were, they were not recognized. It is hard to succeed in a place where success is not seen. 

Check out this Article:
https://www.childfund.org/Content/NewsDetail/2147489206/

This is a link to a website that talks about the statistics of children living in poverty struck areas. Children born and raised in areas of poverty are less likely to make their way out of poverty, or find a job that pays more than minimum wage.

Check out this site:

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/raceindicators/indicator_RAD.asp

This website talks about trends in the education of different ethnic and racial groups. " In 2016, the percentage of children under the age of 18 in families living in poverty was higher for Black children than Hispanic children (31 and 26 percent, respectively), and the percentages for both of these groups were higher than for White and Asian children (10 percent each)"

--> This is a quote from the website. Most children that face living in poverty are black and hispanic. Therefor education amongst blacks and hispanics is lacking the most. 

Check out this article:

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/normandy-high-the-most-dangerous-school-in-the-area/article_49a1b882-cd74-5cc4-8096-fcb1405d8380.html

Normandy High School is described as a dangerous school, where children fear for their safety every time they walk in. Their test scores are low while violence is sky rocketed. Is this due to the number of children living in poverty? Is this due to the education system at Normandy? How can the violence be stopped? 

Talking Points:

1. If mixing low-income children into schools with higher- income children/ families shows success, why is it not being done?
2. Why can a school go unaccredited for 15 years and still be running? That is not fair for the children that want to do good and are just not given the opportunity.