Societal urbanization and advancements have been around for as long as time goes back. The school systems that we know of today were first established in the late 1800s and got popular in the early 1900s and they were solely established to meet the needs of skills and skillful labor in the industry. People would join schools and learn skills that they knew were needed in the industries to come up with jobs in order to support themselves and their families.
A lot of people all around the world treat education as a means of business. They fail to understand that education should never be something that earns you money but, it should be something that earns you respect. The school systems in the urban areas present us with the excuse that the reason behind low-performance rates in schools based in cities is the language and poverty barriers. With time, as urbanization started to kick-off, and people started believing that the quality of life as better in the cities as compared to eth ruralareas, the trends of educationsstartedto change too.
The public schools at those times were responsible for supplying ten factories with skillful labor and to create a labor force that knows how to conduct basic operations in industries so that employments could be created. Most of the people at that time received this kind of education because not all people could afford secondary or highereducation at that time. It was said to be believed that urban education at that time helped create a sense of self-realization and helped individuals figure out as to what they want out of life because not every individual was destined to or inclined towards going into industries and work as labor or skilled worker.
Surveys based on urban education in the USA, Education Week claimed that most of the fourth and fifth-grade students who live in American cities cannot properly read and understand even the simplest of the children's books. In the book, Finding a New Perspective for Urban Education in America(ISBN 978-1951630072), the author says that most of the students in the 8th standard are unable to solve practical problems. Urban school students and teachers can benefit from the additional assistance that our pre-teachers can provide during their field placement experiences. Moreover, what the schools can do is they can come up with regulations and training for even the teachers so that they can keep a check as to when and why a social issue is prevailing in order to preserve both the mental and physical health of the students.
Author Bio:
Dr. Sergio Páezis a Columbian urban educator with an experience of over 20 years. He is a former superintendent from Massachusetts who also held a position in the Worcester Public School System and served there for almost 7 years as the Manager of English Language Learners and Supplemental Support.
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