From Social Class And The Hidden Curriculum Of Work Analysis

There could be things that are great equalizers for students but there could be things that’ll make them different as well. Things such as school quality, culture among students and teachers, and socio-economic status that can influence equality among American students. Many things can make students different from one another, but in the case of education, I believe students should be able to get the same materials in order to be successful and in America education does not make American students equal.
School quality can affect things in many ways. There are schools that have better things than others that’ll help students and give them the desire to do good in school, learn, and become someone successful after they finish high school and/or

In the article “From Social Class And The Hidden Curriculum of Work” by Jean Anyon in Rereading America, there are schools that are categorized; there are the working-class schools, middle-class schools, the affluent professional schools, and the executive elite schools. In the working-class schools, teachers do not always explain why the students have to do the assignment or how it can help them with future assignments. Also, when teachers grade work they do not grade on whether the answer is correct or incorrect, the students get their grade on if they followed the steps they were supposed to follow. The schools have textbooks but usually, they are not used. In the Middle-Class School, the main goal is to get the correct answer by following directions and making connections in order to find the answer to the next problem. Sometimes the answers are in the textbooks, in the question, or by listening to the teacher. In the Affluent Professional School, their main focus is individuality, students do their work in their own ways and put their ideas into their work that make sense of reality. Their

The article Education and Socioeconomic Status stated, “The school systems in low-SES communities are often under-resourced, negatively affecting students’ academic progress and outcomes (Aikens & Barbarin, 2008).” This being said, low-income families live in low-income communities and their schools aren’t the best, their schools don’t have many resources to become more knowledgeable. In From Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum of work by Jean Anyon, there were four categories of schools. There is a working-class school whose income for the parents is $12,000, which means they are or below the poverty level. They usually work in blue-collar jobs; most of the workers are unskilled. The lower the income the lower the resources for students in community schools. There are also middle-class schools; their annual income is $13,000-25,000. They usually have blue-collar rich jobs such as plumbers, construction workers, or teachers. There is also, affluent professional schools and the worker’s income in that category receive $40,000-80,000 annually, which is great! They are usually lawyers, or in the medical field. They most likely live in a good neighborhood, where students receive technology and other good resources. Lastly, there is the executive elite school; the workers there receive $100,000-500,000 annually. Their jobs are things like presidents and vice-presidents. The lower the