Brown Vs Board Of Education Case Study

Education, A Quality Institution? The school system as many know it today has come a long way, the understanding of English Language learners, the inclusion of students no matter race, and even the proper research into learning styles are all examples of these. Though, has the education of our nation’s students reflected quality? Stixy-three years have passed since the Brown vs. Board of Education case ruled that the system needed to change. The question of quality and if this change towards a quality education was actually followed has brought forth many different ideas and attempts to be inclusive in schools. The facts is, polices only go so far, the struggles student face are not simply removed because a new program or law now addresses

The struggles ELL students face within the education system may have been a bit different than blatant racism, but the core idea of poor quality assurance is rampant. Florida's own consent decree was created to help ensure the identification and processes for students in need of help with the language to better prepare ELL students for their schooling career. The struggles of course still remain as the students will need to overcome barriers of language in an environment where the teacher may or may not be ESOL endorsed. This of course is the major problem students will face in Florida, to teach in the state a teacher must have an ESOL endorsement within two years of getting their first student of another language (FDOE, 2017, p. 24). While teachers of English or language arts have to have training within their degree, teachers of science, math, social studies, and other secondary classes do not, and are only required to seek the training you once a student classified as an ELL is placed into their class. Volusia County for instance, requires sixty hours of training, and the passing of the state’s endorsement test to be allowed to teacher, and again these requirements are only after the placement of the first ELL student into their class (Volusia County. 2016). This means the students are being placed with teachers that may not have meet the

The question of equal treatment means individuals are treated the same until a relevant difference is established, most commonly a disability. Students who are not native speakers for instance do not get the same equal treatment from a teacher when language barriers exist. The state does not require a teacher to be bilingual, meaning the extent of conversation comes from the training and strategist teachers have experience with. Which, as discussed above can be as little as sixty hours and the passing of a test. Interestingly, language barriers are not classified as disabilities, there needs to be an additional test to see if there is a learning disability (Spear-Swerling, 2006). Of course, language barriers are a disability as they require accommodations. Though, the question of whether or not a disability justifies the treatment of a student differently now stands. Cognitive development disabilities do warrant a degree of differencing treatment, as Special Needs classes and teachers exist within a school. But, beyond the extremes disabilities either learning, language, or other do not warrant the treatment of students