Priscilla Cerrato

       It’s 2022, and schools are still segregated. I know this because I went to a middle school and high school with about 90% hispanic students, 9% black students, and 1% white students. This is due to the area you live in, and what your zoned school is. In “Schools are still segregated, and black students are paying a price”, it says “black students are also in economically segregated schools. Less than one in three white students (31.3%) attend a high-poverty school, compared with more than 7 in 10 black students (72.4%).” A reason for this segregation is written in this article when it says “a black child faces a very high probability of ending up in a school where majority of her peers are both poor and students of color.” Additionally, we read “In contrast, about a fourth of white students (23.5%) attend schools where most of their peers are white and not poor, while only 3.1% of black children attend such schools.” This shows how your economic status, and th...

       It’s no secret that students in great economic circumstances are the ones with more advantages, unlike the students in high-poverty areas, they get the least advantages. It’s up to the educators to pursue equity within the schools so all students get an equal education. In “The Secret to High-Achieving Schools: ‘I’ve Never Felt Unsupported’”, it says “well supported teachers make a difference”, this means that schools that provide more resources to the teachers are able to give a better quality education to the students. On social media, we hear complaints from teachers how they’re not given a lot of support, especially economically. Since they work in low-income areas, the school budgets are low, and they have to work with the little resources the school gives them. Teachers have a lot of expenses for their classroom supplies, and since the school doesn’t give them much money for those expenses, most of the time they have to purchase the supplies out of their...