What projects might your students engage in to learn more about equality and inequality based on socioeconomic differences.

Think of some concrete ideas that you would use in class. You can do some research and find intersting examples that can be followed in classrooms or develop your own original activity.

Schools must work to expand the curriculum so it represents views and experiences of all students, not just those in power. Schools must work to expand teaching about the types of diversity that exist in schools, in the labor force, and in the country as a whole. Most of all, they must also teach for democracy, equity and social justice. An activity to use in your classroom can involve students to pair up with a classmate whom they do not know well to conduct peer interviews. For example, student will complete a list of what do I know and what do I want to know in order to generate a list of interview questions. After the interview, students make a list of what did I learn? and write a short story about their classmate. Compile these stories into a class yearbook. By providing engaging student-focused activities, rich real-life examples, and thoughtful reflective exercises that will encourage students to think critically and to develop their own ideas and personal philosophy of socioeconomic differences.
Introduction to Teaching: Helping Students Learn provides students and instructors with the tools with which they can achieve the many goals of today's Introduction to Education course or its equivalent. The book introduces prospective teachers to the dynamic world of teaching and learning and to the realities of the classroom experience by providing engaging student-focused activities, rich real-life examples, and thoughtful reflective exercises that will encourage students to think critically and to develop their own ideas and personal philosophy of education. This active learning approach enables prospective teachers to develop both a knowledge core about education and the critical tools they will need to meet the challenges they will face as educators in today's fast-paced, highly connected society. By exposing students to the realities of teaching, the book will help students decide if teaching is the right career for them. This text is built around two themes that are central to an exploration of the professional education field: student learning and diverse voices. As students consider a teaching career, it is important that they not lose sight of what is the most fundamental goal of educationto help students learn. The text will encourage students to examine each aspect of education as it relates to student learning. Additionally, as students explore the possibilities in being a teacher, they will begin to develop their own philosophy of education. This text will provide the prospective teacher with opportunities to explore multiple perspectives on a variety of issues of importance to today's teachers, and encourage the reader to develop his or her own personal voice as an educator and to make that voice heard in the educational community.
Socioeconomic Status and the Impact on Schools For this assignment students will view ERASE Racisms documentary, A Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island, which follows David and Owen, two African American teenagers during their senior year of high school. Even though the students have a lot in common, their experiences diverge as a result of the racial and economic differences in their schools districts. This film spotlights these differences and the results of such disparities. The film also focuses on the benefits that diversity provides for all students and makes the case for change. Students will create a 2-3 paragraph essay about the film in light of chapter three in the text. Be sure to post your essay to the correct Blackboard discussion board (Discussion under the Class & Socioeconomic Status section). In the subject line of

your post, include YOUR NAME and TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS ESSAY. Write your message as plain text in the message box, not as an attachment. Finally, you must respond substantively to at least one other students post. Some ideas to think about might be: As shown in the film, Rockville Centre is one example of a successfully integrated school by race and socio economic status. What other options might there be?

As shown in A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS DOCUMENTARY, Rockville Centre is one example of a successfully integrated school by race and socio economic status. Other options include creating magnet schools that offer admission to students across boundary lines. These high-standard schools greatly benefit students in districts that lack the resources to offer in-depth instruction in science, mathematics, or the arts, allowing students to develop their strengths, no matter what that strength may be. Eliminating funding disparities between districts will help ensure that all students in Long Island can afford the educational resources needed to obtain a quality education. The first option would be to reduce the number of districts, or even alter the school tax funding system. For example, we can pool commercial taxes from large regional businesses. This would help eliminate the homeowners tax burden in communities with a small number of commercial properties.

A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS: Race and Education on Long Island, follows David and Owen, two African American teenagers during their senior year of high school. Even though the students have a lot in common, their experiences diverge as a result of the racial and economic differences in their schools districts. A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS spotlights these differences and the results of such disparities. The film also focuses on the benefits that diversity provides for all students and makes the case for change.
Equal educational opportunity means that all children (and the public schools that serve them) have access to those resources, inputs, and services necessary to achieve established outcome goals. -Education Law Center (ELC) Completely I really love and completely argee with your last paragraph. As educators we should and will provide, equal educational opportunity. Meaning, that all children and the public schools that serve them have access to those resources, inputs, and services necessary to achieve established outcome goals.

How does this film relate to schools in Texas? How might we eliminate the vast differences in resources and funding that cause greatly disparate educational opportunities across school districts? What would be the benefits of complete integration in schools across class and income lines?

View the documentary film A Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island at the ERASE RACISM website or click the following weblinks to view the videos: 1. Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island - Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjiQup4DW2g

2. Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island - Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rTg7fuE9f8

I thought this video was very eye opening. We can read about stuff like this in our textbook, but actually watching a documentary about how it is in real life is very interesting. In the book it talks about how most schools are separated by income a lot of the time. I can see that being a main factor because the houses that are in the district most the time are around the same price range, so to go to that school you have to have a house in that district. This is where we run into the most trouble, I think. How do you integrate a school without forcing people to live in the district that the school feeds out of. David who went to school in the lower income district, pushed himself because he saw what he wanted to accomplish in his life. He said that teachers pushed him because they saw that he could be better than what he thought he could do. In return to teachers pushing him he pushed other students so they could be better too. Owen who went to school in the higher income district also had teachers that pushed him. He said he didn't really try his freshman year of high school, but sophomore year his teachers set goals for him. I thought it was really cool how his mom wanted him to go to a good school, so she did a bunch of research on what the best school was and made sure he went there. Both David and Owen's teachers pushed them so they could be the best they could be, I think that is one of the main things that makes a teachers a great teacher. Some teachers would say fine they don't want to try then I won't either, but their teachers did the opposite and said no they can do better and I will show them they can. I think without those teachers that Owen still could have gone to a school that had better accommodations and still would not have been as successful. Just because a student has more accommodations or help in their school does not necessarily mean they will use it. Yes Owen had better tools that he could use in his school than David, but without teacher to push him I wonder if he would have done as well as he did. David did go to a school that did not have as much money as the school Owen went to, but David still had teachers that pushed him to be as successful as he was. It was harder for David yes, he had to do much more and work harder than Owen for the things he wanted. Most the time I think teachers in low income schools are very tired of some students not wanting to be there or try to do their work that they give up on them. Yes money helps in school districts, but I think the thing that makes the most impact of the success of the students is the teacher and how much they expect from their students or how much they push them to be the best they can be.

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Thread: Brittany Radomski Tale of Two Schools Essay. 07 Post: Brittany Radomski Tale of Two Schools Essay. 07 Author:

Brittany Radomski Posted Date: February 8, 2014 3:16 PM Status: Published A Tale of Two Schools is a documentary that follows the lives of David and Owen to high school seniors in Long Island. The film shows that though the boys both have the same family background their school experiences are very different. David goes to a school full of students from families with low incomes, and is predominantly African American in its racial composition. Owen goes to a somewhat more diverse school with students from more well off families. I had the opportunity to go to school in two different school districts, from kindergarten to the end of eighth grade I attended school in the Aldine Independent School District, and for my high school

years I attended a school in the Klein Independent School District. All of the schools I went to had different types of diversity rates, most of them consisted predominantly of Hispanic and African Americans with white students being a minority. The students in AISD were more like the students from Davids school, form lower socio economic families. When I transferred to a school in the KISD I noticed a large difference, the students there were more often form a family of a higher socio economic class; the races were still predominantly Hispanic and African American, followed by Asians, then Native Americans and Pacific Islanders, then other, and then the smallest racial population in the school was white students. Though I moved to a different school district my races and socio economic status did not change, I was a white student from a low socio economic family. While in AISD my families status made it easier to fit in with the other students, when I moved to the school in KISD I generally felt out of place because the other students always had money to go to the movies, or out to eat all of the time and I just had to look for free stuff to do. The schools in AISD were part of the IB program but we were never given things like laptops to take home to do homework or things like that, during my second year in KISD they introduced a new program that allowed all students to have a laptop for school. While attending the school in the KISD there is a difference between schools within the same district. I went to Klein Forest High School, and the students there always heard about how nice and fancy the other schools in the district were because families for the other schools were of an even higher socio economic class. I do not know how to change the racial and socio economic diversity in the schools other than how they districts are zoned. One way I think we could help change how much each school gets for its budget may be if a school has enough money to cover everything they have to pay for that year, and they may have extra money, maybe they could give the money to the schools that have a smaller budget that need help covering their expenses. Instead of a district deciding to build a new sports stadium because they have extra money at the end of the year, they can donate the money to another school that is in desperate need for money, struggling to pay its teachers. I know this is an idea that may only work in a world of magic and dreams, but its a better idea than doing nothing. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Caitlin Fokken - BESL 2301.07 - Tale of Two Schools Essay Post: Caitlin Fokken - BESL 2301.07 - Tale of Two Schools Essay Author:

Caitlin Fokken Posted Date: February 7, 2014 11:23 PM Status: Published A Tale of Two Schools is about two African Americans, who grew up in the same city of Long Island, but went to two very different schools. David went to a school that was integrated, and funded very poorly, making it hard for students to learn, when resources and extra teachers are not available. Owen on the other hand, his mother did research before sending him to just any school, because she wanted him to have a good education. His school was not very integrated and mostly consisted of white students. At Rockville Center, which is where he went to high school, they were very well funded, and had many things available for them, and to help better their learning. Owen in the jist of it, and because of his school being funded probably he was able to recieve a good education, with resources to help him achieve certain goals. David on the other hand, worked hard with what he was able to work with, and used what the school had to offer him, which was not as much as other schools such as Owen's. In Texas schools today, I believe that there are many schools that are funded more based off of how well they do in certain aspects. Such as how well the school is in the Athletic Department, how big the school is (ex: 4A or 5A), the bigger they are the more money they recieve, depending on the city that the school is located in. To me, I think this is unfair, I think that schools should recieve the amount of money based off how many students there are, as well as enough money to provide the students with all the resources they need to better their education. Also, our schools and advisors in more populated schools only care about how much money they recieve for their school, and put the money towards things that are not necessary. All schools should want to see their students succeed, and strive to achieve goals, but without the proper fundamentals, and learning students cannot recieve this. Schools are integraded, but in a way could be more integraded. In order to get ride of stereotypes and racism, students need to learn about one another and come together, and learn to ask one another for help. Such as Owen's friend Dave became his friend and helped him with school work, and in subjects that he was struggling in. This film ties back into chapter three where is talks about the Socioeconomic Status, because this is used by educators to place their students at specific SES levels. All of this is based off of the educators observation on the student and how they dress and their language and even about their families. It all comes down to the location the family lives in, and how much money the family make. To me I think that this is kind of silly, because everyone deserves an education, it is not a students fault that their

parents did not go off to college or that they have a low income job. The students should strive to be better, but they are put on the level of how they come off, and the way that them and their families live. It is also based on education, the higher the socioeconomic level of a student's family, the greater chances are that a student will finish high school and go off to college. Now a days, a college degree is to said as "you get more money," because the more school you have under your belt, the better job you can get, and the better job you have can pay you more. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Glenn Wyrick Tale of Two Schools Post: Glenn Wyrick Tale of Two Schools Author:

Glenn Wyrick Posted Date: February 7, 2014 12:58 PM Status: Published In the two movies Tale of Two schools. The spotlight is on two young black african american boys. Who are in high school and its their senior year. Their names are David and Owens. The both of the young african american boys have some of the same similarities. The both of these guys stay in a poverty neighbor hood. The two of them both live with their mother who are single parents working a hard earned job just to get by. Therefore, the both of these guys have to get a job working for the same company. David and Owens are differnt however even though the way they live is absolutely completely the same. There is a difference as well in between them. David average minded black kid who wants to do something with his life make something of his life. However, there is a problem the school that he attendes to is a disgrace. The building is old and in bad need of repairments. From off far the building looks abanden. On the inside of the school the roof was leaking a very dual and dead look was around.

Also the teachers did not seem very happy are excited to teach anything. David is beging cheated out of an education. The ratio of his school is all blacks, no whites, and a handeful of espanics. The chances of everyone in that high school going to a four year college is slim to none. The school was more treated like a prison than a school. Before enetering the school you have metal detectors right in front of you. It is not fair to David or any of the other childern to have to go through something like that. If they want change they have to start off with a change. Owens on the other hand is in the exact same boat of david in where he comes from. The only differnce is his mother found a school for him that is completely the opposite from the school David attendes. At this school that Owens attends it is very well kept and the teachers are very excited about teaching, the childern all have on great big smilies. And the building looks state of the art on the inside of the classrooms the rooms was very spacsious carpet floors, and brighten rooms. Owens school ratio was 96% whites and 17% blacks. That is completely unfair. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Jessica Coykendall BESL 2301.07 Tale of Two Schools Essay Post: Jessica Coykendall BESL 2301.07 Tale of Two Schools Essay Author:

Jessica Coykendall Posted Date: February 8, 2014 1:38 PM Status: Published For this discussion I watched the Tale of Two Schools featuring two high school seniors, David and Owen. Both students are in public schools in Long Island; however, their schools are drastically different. Although the schools they go to are different, these guys are quite similar. David and Owen are both students who make good grades, are involved in their school's extracurricular activities, and are well known in their schools. While both guys come from single parent households where they work to help

pay for things around the house, David and Owen are both pursuing college careers and also helping pay for their future schooling. When it comes to the actual school environment, the differences are painfully obvious. Because Long Island is fragmented, there is much racial and economic segregation everywhere, including in schools. Rockville Centre, where Owen goes, is a diverse school whereas David's school is mostly African American students and hardly any whites. When looking at David's school, Wyandanch, you can see it is literally falling apart. There are hardly any AP classes, if there are any, and metal detectors are at the entrance because they have to worry about the safety of the students. Owen's school, on the other hand, is in a good community that financially supports the school. Rockville Centre has an advanced curriculum that challenges students, and there are also more students who will go to college from Owen's school than David's school. Just as Owen said in the beginning of the video, everyone should have a chance to go to a school that could help them receive opportunities to further their education no matter their socioeconomic status. In my hometown in Texas, it is very obvious what schools receive more funding than others. The junior highs in a certain district are not equal in the areas of provisions for the classroom provided by the district and as well as the opportunities given to student athletes. One school in the older part of town has old buildings that need to be fixed because necessities are broken, while a different junior high just had a new science lab put in when the previous one was just fine. In the area where the new science lab was put in, majority of families from that part of the district have a much higher socioeconomic standing than those of the families in the area where the school needed repairs. This is unfair and not equal to the students of the same district. Complete integration in school districts is an ideal situation; however, it has yet to be achieved by many school districts. A classroom that has cultural diversity and socioeconomical diversity adds to the dimension of understanding for every student in whatever subject they are learning. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Kinsi Dean. BESL 2301.07. Tales of Two Schools Essay Post: Kinsi Dean. BESL 2301.07. Tales of Two Schools Essay Author:

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Posted Date: February 8, 2014 12:11 PM Status: Published David and Owen are very much alike in many ways. They both come from the same areas of town, both work for the same company, both are of the lower economic class and both live in single parent homes. Both young men are very intelligent in what they do and want to better themselves in life. The only main difference in the two young men are that they go to two totally different high schools. Although they are both public high schools in Long Island, New York, the statuses of the schools are totally different. David attends Wyandanch public high school while Owen attends Rockdale Centere Public high school. Wyandanch high school is of the lower class with eighty percent African American and zero percent white and they do not have the money financially to support the students education like they should. Rockdale is a more financially stable school with a greater amound of White people and a lower amount of African Americans. Becasue David and Owen both go to public schools in Long Island, you would think that they are given the same amount of oppurtunities for education but thats not the case. As I stated before, one school has more money than the other so they arent able to be introduced to the same resources as the students at the other hugh school which eventually would result in lower test scores, students attendance at school , and other such things. I feel as if every single student should have the same oppurtunity at graduating high school and having a great future but everyone seems to think that just because you have a few roadblocks such as money, you're supposed to give up. I like the fact that David was still strong in his decision to get through school and make something out of his self even though he didn't have it easy growing up. Although the schools weren't racially seperated, they were cery much financially seperated. I think that no matter where students go to school at, they should all have the same chance at a great education. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Madison Dorr BESL 2301.07 Tale of Two Schools Post: Madison Dorr BESL 2301.07 Tale of Two Schools Author:

Madison Dorr Posted Date: February 3, 2014 8:47 PM Status: Published The documentary Tale of Two Schools centered around the lives of two African American young men. Both were seniors in high school, raised by a single mother, worked for the same company, and went to New York public schools. Although the two had a lot in common, many things were different; namely, their educational experiences and opportunities were divergent. David attended a school thats population was made up of mostly African American students, and no white students. The school had little funding and community support because of the area it was in. Because of this, the school did not have the money to provide many programs to their students or have enough teachers to fully benefit their students. The fewer opportunities offered to these kids was detrimental to their furthering education; very few of them would go on to pursue a college degree. This did not stop David from doing his best, however. He worked hard and encouraged his fellow classmates to do the same. Owen attended a school that was highly integrated, having a good mix of African American and white students. There was significantly more funding to his school, both becuase of this integration and the district it was in. The rate of students who chose to pursue their college education was much higher than at David's school, and there were more programs the students could participate in. Owen took full advantage of them, and strived to pave the way for a successful future. So although these two students were very similar, their educational opportunities were diverse, and led them down different paths. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Maggie Bass, Tale Of Two Schools Essay Post: Maggie Bass, Tale Of Two Schools Essay Author:

Margaret Bass Posted Date: February 7, 2014 6:10 PM Status: Published The film Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island shows two similar students who are attending very different schools. Two young African American males are seniors in high school. They both live in Long Island and have only grown up with their mothers present. David attends Brick Memorial High School in Long Island and Owen attends a Rockville Center. Owen attends a school with very few African Americans but the school is successfully integrated by rave and socio economic status. David attends a school where this is not as true. Own school helps him with anything he needs such as furthering his education by moving onto college. Davids school tries to help but they do not have the finical means to have all of the teachers and staff necessary. When David tries to get help with college applications form his advisor he often doesnt get the help he needs because she is too busy with other things she is in charge of. The school system in Texas closely relates to what they are showing in this film. There are many schools in Texas that are over funded and there are many schools that are under funded. To help many schools more integrated the better schools can allow more students to transfer in and these schools could also work with the under privileged schools to help them better run their school. To help eliminate the cast differences in the resources and funding I think that the divisions of schools showed be more closely looked at to see who will be attending and get a greater range of socio economic statues in the school. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Marita Juppe, 07, Tale of two schools essay Post: Marita Juppe, 07, Tale of two schools essay Author:

Marita Juppe Posted Date: February 8, 2014 3:51 PM Status: Published In the movie Tale of Two Schools: Race and Education on Long Island, it follows two young boys named Owens and David in their senior year of high school. Both boys come from a poor neighborhood and have quite a lot in common. For example, both boys live in a single parent household with a mother who works hard to provide for them. Because of the struggle their mothers both face, they get a job working for the same company. Another thing these boys have in common in they are both very intelligent, and want better than what they have in their lives. The differences come along when you realize they both go to public schools from the same neighborhood in the same area, so you would assume they are going to receive the same basic education. The difference between the two schools is the resources. One school has many, therefore the students learn more ad attendance rate, and grades go up, whereas the other school has less, therefore the rate goes down. Since Davids community doesnt really support the education system, he doesnt have the same advantage as Owens. I believe as educators, we should, no matter what the situation may be, inspire our students to want better for their lives and reach towards a further goal. It also shouldnt matter where the students live or how much their parents make. Every student should have equal opportunity to achieve a higher educator and a better goal for their lives. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Tessa Thomas Posted Date: February 8, 2014 1:32 PM Status: Published You bring up a very valid argument. The state of Texas is synonymous with competition in sports, especially football. Just look at Katy ISD. A school who constantly appears in state championships and is an embarrasment of riches in funding. One does have to wonder if sports performance is secretly a factor in deciding who gets what funding. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Jessica Coykendall Posted Date: February 8, 2014 1:48 PM Status: Published

I agree that students should have the same opporutunity to graduate, especially since they come from the same school district. Financial separation plays a big role in stopping or holding success; and yes, money always seems to slow people down and make them want to give up. Like you said and we all saw, David was able to overcome the financial situation and get into a college, which is what every student should want to and be able to do. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Glenn Wyrick Posted Date: February 7, 2014 1:48 AM Status: Published I dont think that it should be that away at al. There has to be something done about that because of schools like davids. Children are being cheated out of and education. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Madison Dorr BESL 2301.07 Tale of Two Schools Post: RE: Madison Dorr BESL 2301.07 Tale of Two Schools Author:

Taylor Martin Posted Date: February 6, 2014 6:22 PM Status: Published It's just crazy to think that not every student has the chance to go to college and chase after their dreams just because of the school they attended. Every student should have the chance to do what they please no matter where they come from. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Caitlin Fokken Posted Date: February 7, 2014 10:38 PM Status: Published

I completely agree with you on the fact that Texas schools are funded very differently. To the extent that some schools are over funded and other schools, barely have enough to pay the teachers to continue teacher, so they have to let teachers go. Just like what they were probably going to have to do at David's school that he was attending. As far as the statement that you said David's advisor couldn't get the help he needed because she had other jobs. In a way I disagree, in this film she sat down with him and checked to see if everything was filled out. As well as made him think of a safe school, and to apply there as well in case of a worst case scenario. I think she helped him to the best of her ability! Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Sarah Nott Posted Date: February 8, 2014 6:28 PM Status: Published I agree completely that we should always help and motivate students to do their best no matter what economic standing they have. I think that just because a students goes to a certain school they should not get treated differently by a teacher. They are all students that teachers should want to see do their best in the world no matter what. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Brittany Radomski Posted Date: February 8, 2014 4:43 PM Status: Published I agree and disagree with a lot of the things you have to say. Yes I agree that as teachers we should help our studnets as much as we can to make sure that they succeed, but if the school does not have funding I do not think that there is a lot they can do to change their circumstances. My High School had the national honor society students help tutor people like the football players, but that did not change much about our school. If the NHS studnets were not there to tutor them they would not hire tutors from outside the school to help them they woud just have to go to their teachers for tutoring after school, so that would not change funding. In your second paragraph you mention the schools could find people to help support the scool, in my experience there are not a lot of people just waiting to hand out money, supplies, or resources to things that do not affect their life. No random millionarie will donate money to a school just because the school needs help; if they feel they can benefit from helping the school they might, but they most likely will not help somebody for the sake of helping people. Yes there are a lot of nice people in the world who will help people just because they feel that it is right but in most cases the people who can hlep the most will not. +++++++++

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Marita Juppe Posted Date: February 8, 2014 3:54 PM Status: Published I absolutely love the point you make when saying we as educators can do a lot for our students to help them succeed. It definately shouldn't matter where students live or how much their parents make. Great entry! Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Kinsi Dean Posted Date: February 8, 2014 12:18 PM Status:

Published "It should not matter where students live or how much their parents make every child should have the chance to go to school and make something of themselves." I love this quote because that was kind of the same situation with me and my sister when we gratuated high school. Because of the fact that I went to a advanced high school, and we had more money than my sisters high school, everyone felt as if my grades were better or I was going to get into a better school than her when in reality, her grades were better than mine, her GPA was higher than mine, and she even got accepted into all 8 of her choices of colleges because of grades while I only got accepted into 5 of my 7. It just shows you that their are those stereotypes but money and financial wealth shouldnt stop you from doing what you need to do in order to be succesful. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Margaret Bass Posted Date: February 7, 2014 6:13 PM Status: Published I completely agree with you when you say that as teachers there is a lot we can do to help our student. It is our job to help students believe in themselves and their future. It is important as teachers to be there for students and help them wherever we can. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Madison Dorr Posted Date: February 7, 2014 4:18 PM Status: Published I absolutely agree with what you said about some students just needing someone to believe in them. It's proven that students whose teachers hold them to a high standard perform better, regardless of race or background situation. I believe that every student needs qualified teachers who can see potential in them and will push them to be their best. Reply Quote Mark as Read

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Sarah Nott Posted Date: February 8, 2014 6:21 PM Status: Published I thought this video was very eye opening. We can read about stuff like this in our textbook, but actually watching a documentary about how it is in real life is very interesting. In the book it talks about how most schools are separated by income a lot of the time. I can see that being a main factor because the houses that are in the district most the time are around the same price range, so to go to that school you have to have a house in that district. This is where we run into the most trouble, I think. How do you integrate a school without forcing people to live in the district that the school feeds out of. David who went to school in the lower income district, pushed himself because he saw what he wanted to accomplish in his life. He said that teachers pushed him because they saw that he could be better than what he thought he could do. In return to teachers pushing him he pushed other students so they could be better too. Owen who went to school in the higher income district also had teachers that pushed him. He said he didn't really try his freshman year of high school, but sophomore year his teachers set goals for him. I thought it was really cool how his mom wanted him to go to a good school, so she did a bunch of research on what the best school was and made sure he went there. Both David and Owen's teachers pushed them so they could be the best they could be, I think that is one of the main things that makes a teachers a great teacher. Some teachers would say fine they don't want to try then I won't either, but their teachers did the opposite and said no they can do better and I will show them they can. I think without those teachers that Owen still could have gone to a school that had better accommodations and still would not have been as successful. Just because a student has more accommodations or help in their school does not necessarily mean they will use it. Yes Owen had better tools that he could use in his school than David, but without teacher to push him I wonder if he would have done as well as he did. David did go to a school that did not have as much money as the school Owen went to, but David still had teachers that pushed him to be as successful as he was. It was harder for David yes, he had to do much more and work harder than Owen for the things he wanted. Most the time I think teachers in low income schools are very tired of some students not wanting to be there or try to do their work that they give up on them. Yes money helps in school districts, but I think the thing that makes the most impact of the success of the students is the teacher and how much they expect from their students or how much they push them to be the best they can be.

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Thread: Taylor Martin BESL 2301 07 Tale of Two Schools Essay Post: Taylor Martin BESL 2301 07 Tale of Two Schools Essay Author:

Taylor Martin Posted Date: February 6, 2014 6:20 PM Status: Published Tale of Two Schools is about two African Americans who are very alike, but also different all at the same time. David and Owen come from the same background they both were raised in a single parent home, both from the lower class, and work for the same company. But at the same time they are very different in the sense that they attend different schools, David attends a school that is eighty percent African American and zero percent white and the school has does not have support or the money to really help the students to the best to their ability. While on the other hand Owen attends a school that has about the same amount of African Americans to whites, his school has the support and the money to help their students better their future. While David and Owen go to two different schools their they should have equal opportunities when it comes to going to a good college and they should have the chance to be successful in school. Their is a lot that us as teachers could do to help make sure our students are successful once the students their classroom even if the school does not have the funding to do so. David and Owen should have the same shot at going to a great college, but because David's community will not help support the school and even though the school district may feel like they are doing everything they can to help their students there is always something that they can do to help benefit their students more. There is always a way for a change to be made, yes David's school is located in a bad community, but that does not mean they cannot find people to help support the school and help the students out to make a better lives for themselves.

I feel that it would be very beneficial for schools to be more intergrated across the lines of class and income. It should not matter where students live or how much their parents make every child should have the chance to go to school and make something of themselves. There should be no discrimination in schools schools districts should be opened to all classes because there could be some students that need somebody to believe in them. And by allowing all children to go to school could possibly help change their lives and give them something to strive for and every student deserves a change to go to college and fullfill their life long dreams. Reply Quote Mark as Read

Thread: Tessa Thomas, BESL 2301.07, Socio-economic Post: Tessa Thomas, BESL 2301.07, Socio-economic Author:

Tessa Thomas Posted Date: February 8, 2014 1:23 PM Status: Published This video was very eye opening for me. I was privileged to attend a high school in the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District. From 2001-2005, a large percentage of my classmates were from affluent homes with two parents and one or more siblings. My school was very privileged in funding so we typically had the best technology and educational tools. A student in my graduating class was considered a slacker or an underachiever if they chose to not attend college after graduation. It is amazing to see how two boys from the exact same backgrounds, single parent homes, low incomes, and multiple siblings, can have such a completely different chance at life just by attending different schools. I noticed the simple differences such as, the boy who attended the predominantly white school dressed like the white students and even had the same enunciation and grammar as the white students. While the student at the predominantly African-American school dressed and spoke like

the other African-American students. Then I saw the huge differences between the schools. The white school showed over of the students going to 4-year universities and very low free or reduced lunches, but the black school had the majority of students on reduced lunches but very few students applying to 4- year universities. Most of these students were going into the military because that was the only viable option they saw for their future.

My fianc is a teacher and a coach at Spring Woods HS in Spring Branch ISD. His students ratio is 77% Hispanic with an overwhelming number of students partaking in free or reduced lunches.it is this combination that places the school in the Title 1 category in texas. In his classroom alone, he struggles with getting his students to pay attention in class, turn in work, show up for tests, and fights in the hallway. This is a polar opposite environment than the one we experienced when we attended CFISD.