Shame Of A Nation By Johnathan Kazol

In Johnathan Kazol book, shame of a nation he brings up the current problem of segregation in inner city schools, that have only gotten worse since Brown vs. Board of Education. Kazol brought spent a decade with in the schools of Boston, observing students within schools that aren't as privileged as suburban schools in the categories of nice building, supplies and teachers. He also brings up the topic of of tax spending, on how schools in suburbs like Nassau County receive more money than NYC, and how schools even in a couple minute radiation have mast variety of educational opportunities. For example, they offer programs bases on the majority of the ethnicity of the school, a majority white school would have advanced classes and different

Even knowing the the staff had low expectations for the future of its students, just do to the environment that live in. I would have thought that teachers would want their students to strive and achieve the best that the can even with the limited resources they had. So they can build a life for themselves. I was also taken back when Pineapple ask “ What it like over there where you live”. This statement, is pretty emotional, because even though Pineapple is only in the third grade, she is aware that she is segregated, and there is a better life out

My school didn't have levels in which our students had to meet but rather the pressure of being one of the best public schools ranked in the nation, that our teachers would remember us maintain good grades in order to prepare us for college, instead of a job. I also went to a school that was in the suburbs and although it was a public school, we were very fortunate to have a good amount of funding to be able to stay up to date on textbooks and facilities. My school though had the same statistics with diversity, but reserved. My high school was about 90% white population, and 10% African American. In order to change some of the inner city schools is to have limits on what the funding from the government will go to. Therefore the spending can go to the important improvements including repairs, textbooks, and technology. Teachers, also could provide more incentives to go to college for education in order to prepare for a job after receiving a degree. Not only, should the teachers, encourage college more, but the should be more willing to accept all their students, and limit segregation, and work one on one with them, when