On the one hand it could be said that it is down to discrimination in schools that there is evidence of ethnic differences in educational achievement. One example of discrimination in schools is labelling and teacher racism. Interactionists focus on the different labels teachers give to children from different ethnic backgrounds. Their studies show that teachers often see black and Asian pupils as being far from the ‘ideal pupil’. For example black pupils are often seen as disruptive.
Black-White Achievement gap The difference between various demographic groups of students is commonly referred to as the “achievement gap.” Throughout the United States, an achievement gap between whites and black continue to persist at all levels of schooling, from elementary school to any higher education. Many of the reasons and solutions for minority underperformance remain uncertain. Parental involvement, family background, desegregation of schools, cultural capital and other factors produce a moderate decline in the achievement gap. However, more than half of the gap remains unexplained. Our society remain with a long history of racism, segregation and low expectations for African American children, and the public education system has not sufficiently responded to resolve this situation.
Nursing Characteristics Janay N. Mateen University of Michigan Flint Nursing Characteristics Nursing students are expected to be intelligent and sharp individuals since there are many of us competing to get to the top. It is great to see hard working and dedicated students although some tend to get caught up in achieving the highest grade point average or receiving the most cords at graduation. Personal characteristics also play an important part in being a successful and well rounded nurse. Working in the nursing field can be stressful and some nurses may show that in their attitude by being rude when dealing with patients or coworkers. I am able to be respectful and have patience with everyone even when under stress.
Another result of the negative labeling of black pupils is the higher exclusion rate and the higher chances of black pupils to be put in sets below their actual abilities, which can only lead those black pupils to underachieve. Another reason for the difference in ethnic achievement is the ethnocentric curriculum which gives priorities to the main ethnic group whilst ignoring others, many sociologists have had their opinions on the ethnocentric curriculum and most of them see that British schools teach lessons and base the curriculum around the English language, history, religion and music. Ball for example stated that the national curriculum focuses on English history and recreates a mythical age of empire and past glories whilst ignoring black and Asian history, sociologist Coard explains why this would cause ethnic underachievement as English history makes other ethnic groups feel inferior
Discrimination: Still Present Today In today’s society discrimination is a particularly controversial issue. From the end of the 19th century, women’s growth of education, and demands for greater equality of opportunity has increased. [1] The Gender Discrimination Act in 1975 prohibits discrimination against a certain gender in areas of employment. [2] Another highly debatable topic is amount of ethnic minority in the media and its visible under representation as well as stereotypes in news. Minorities use to be slaves, and had very little status in society, but that status was built up to the point where there now suppose to be equals.
Aura L. Guir College Prep. June 16, 2010 The biography of Rosa Louise Parks Rosa was born on February 4th, 1913, in Tuskegee Alabama, she was the oldest of the two children her parents had. Rosa was brought up by her parents James and Leonna McCauely, her father was a carpenter and her mother was a teacher. At the age of two Rosa, her younger brother Sylvester and her mother moved to her grandparent’s farm in Pine Level, Alabama. At the age of 11 she was enrolled at the Montgomery Industrial School for girls once graduated, she went on to Alabama State Teacher's College High School.
Losing the Old School: Integration’s Erosion of the Black Educational Community in North Carolina When the Warren Court handed down Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, educational systems nationwide braced for vast change. Integration’s many complexities became apparent as black students faced widespread hostility from their new, white academic communities. As racial enmity took its toll on black students, teachers, and parents, leadership was lost and communities splintered. These incalculable damages are reflected in the experiences and observations of students and educators in North Carolina, where black education once relied on internal cooperation and support. Though the desegregation of schools in North Carolina granted blacks access to better educational resources and wealthier scholastic opportunities, the resultant dilution and erosion of the black educational community devastated its resolve and essential coherence.
In the United States there are a lot of stereotypes about students of color. These stereotypes stem from facts regarding the current black-white achievement gap in education. Paige, Witty, Lynch, and Thernstrom give support on the facts of the achievement gap and why it still exists today. The achievement gap in education has also been discussed in many documentaries, including, “The Lottery” and “No Textbook Answer.” These two documentaries will be used to help answer the research question: Why does the achievement gap in education exist? This achievement gap is present before children even start school.
Being the oldest of five, she felt responsible for her siblings and took care of them often during her younger years. They lived on a farm in Neilsville, Wisconsin until Satir was old enough to attend school (Suarez, 1999). Satir's taught herself to read when she was only three years old but she was still formally taught in a small one-room school with seventeen other students while living on the farm. Her mother expressed a strong desire for the family to move to the city so that Satir could attend a larger high school, South Division High School in Milwaukee, where she could take advantage of a better education. When she graduated from South Division High School 1932 she was not quite sixteen years old (Suarez, 1999).
A little while later in her teenage years, Oprah’s promiscuity caused her to become pregnant, but didn’t end well as the child died as an infant. After these events, Oprah moved to Nashville in Tennessee to live with her father, who gave her a stable home that she so desperately needed. She enrolled in school, where she excelled beyond expectation and was given the opportunity to attend Tennessee State University on a full scholarship. During her years in Tennessee she also won Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant, and landed her first