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Equity And Education : The Importance Of Equity In Education

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Equity in Education
The tax dollars are at work, but for whom, when it comes to education. Some can say, they do not think that their child is getting the best education, they can get from their school district. There is inequity in education because we are still divided, we have various advisory boards for the different races at school such as ELA (English learner Advisory) AAPA (African American Parent Advisory). It should be just a parent advisory in order for everybody to have the same learning achievement. As for inequality in education that is depending on the area, the school is located, I do not see the schools in the upper-class neighborhood complaining that their kids are not getting the best education. The negative consequences of this social problem are that there are children being left behind, retention in grades, suspension, and expulsion (Musu-Gillette, Robinson, McFarland, KewalRamani, Zhang, & Wilkinson-Flicker, 2016). The importance of changing this problem is so we can make sure our children are ready to lead the country when the time comes and make the best decision for us all as it relates our nation and politics. The equity in education is a problem and it needs to be changed through prevention measures, society, and reform.
The preventions that need to be sought are the lack of children being able to read and comprehend in the inner-city school. How often have you gone to the store and someone had to look at the register to count the change they need to give. There are programs in place at schools, but they are not working for all. We need to not only utilize what is there, but we need to look for more strategies in figuring out what we need to do next. Sometimes gathering data from the students, themselves can possibly fuel different programs that can be put in place. These children are our future and we need to do better than what we are doing. Although, I am not putting the blame on the system entirely because the parents are also responsible. We are responsible because we need to be advocates for our children. Our children are responsible because they need to show initiative and seek help for themselves as well. Making home testing readily available for parents to work with their

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