What Does Money Really Have To Do With It?

     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 own pocket. Also, we see on social media that a lot of teachers post their Amazon Classroom Wish Lists, in hopes that people will be generous and help them out with some supplies for their classrooms. It’s sad that teachers have to do all this just to get the support they need to provide a good quality education for their students, teachers shouldn’t have to worry about how they’re going to buy all the supplies needed, it should be automatically given to them by their schools. 

    In “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty”, it says, “compared with their wealthier peers, poor students are more likely to attend schools that have less funding; lower teacher salaries; more limited computer and internet access; etc.”, this suggests that money really does have to do with it. The less money a school/ community has, the less resources they’re able to have due to lack of money, which leads to lack of advantages. Those that have more money in a school/ community, don’t have to stress about how they’re going to afford their resources because since they have money, they have more advantages. From personal experience, I completely relate to this because I grew up in a low-income area and went to a school with not many resources, now that I’m in college and have met people from different backgrounds, I learned how they went to schools with many resources and opportunities that were just handed to them easily, whereas I had to work hard with the little resources I was given. It’s very unfair, which is why we need to achieve equity in schools, so that all students are given the same quality education, and so that high poverty schools receive the resources they need.