Organizing For Equity!
Published on Mar 28, 2016
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Child poverty is increasing, the middle class is disappearing
- Child poverty is increasing
- The Middle class is dissapering
- And the wealthy are getting wealthier
the United States has the highest income disparity among Western industrialized nations
in 09 the net worth of the top one percent of citizens was 235 times greater then the median families net worth.
in 09 the net worth of the top one percent of citizens was 235 times greater then the median families net worth.
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There is a very strong relationship between inequitable investment and academic performance.
Unfair investment in schools does not give students/teachers the same access to resources compared to more invested schools.
Theoretically schools that have adequate investment have smaller class sizes, a student/teacher ratio, more resources to aid in teaching/learning, and more state of the art and/or properly maintained buildings.
Theoretically schools that have adequate investment have smaller class sizes, a student/teacher ratio, more resources to aid in teaching/learning, and more state of the art and/or properly maintained buildings.
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When it comes to public education, our leaders are far too insulated from the consequences of their choices.
Policy makers are virtually unaffected by these policies that effect low income schools, students, and educators.
They are unaffected because they either don't have children or their children don't attend these schools.
They are unaffected because they either don't have children or their children don't attend these schools.
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Education must organize a counterbalancing power to challenge present policy making trends. Those best able to mount such a challenge are parents, students, and teachers.
The best way to make a change in the system is by speaking out against it.
It is important that teachers and parents unite to become activists for their schools and their children's education.
Students should also get involved because it's their futures it's their education.
It is important that teachers and parents unite to become activists for their schools and their children's education.
Students should also get involved because it's their futures it's their education.
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