"America's education system is unequal and unfair." Very straightforward and to the point right? These words come from Peter Dreier the author of this article called "America's Classist Education System." He discusses the differences on education systems between wealthy communities and communities not so fortunate. The wealthy communities have it so much better and a bigger advantage because they have more trained teachers, smaller classrooms to get more time one-on-one with teachers if needed, the students of these wealthy neighborhood schools have the technology that is in the world now so they are up to date, and also have the better environments like libraries and even sports facilities. It's easy to assume that theses students who attend these schools do better than the students in the poor communities. The students have a higher chance of graduating getting and getting into prestigious colleges.
On the other hand, many students from less prosperous neighborhoods aren't so lucky. Because of lower paying jobs due to no education for the parents themselves, they cannot afford to send their children to a more prestigious school for grammar school, high school, or college. The problem of how helping other families that are poor is even discussed because its not possible to help when the families of that community are poor as well. These families are stuck between a rock and a hard place with no way out. The way the schools are set up makes the education system "unequal and unfair" there are no fair chances for everyone because of this gap between prosperous and not prosperous.
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