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.
The schooling systems based in cities enroll a total of 30% of all the public school students in America. Meanwhile, they also enroll 40% of the poor students and 45% of the minority students in their schools so, what is the possible reason behind the school management saying that they are unable to accommodate the major chunk of their students as per their needs.
Statisticians say that the urban education system suffers from all these issues because if a lot of reasons but, the most prominent one amongst them is the spread of poverty over a large area which gives birth to a lot of social evils that the school managements are unable to cater to on their own. The book, Finding a New Perspective for Urban Education in America (ISBN 978-1951630072), claims that this widespread poverty causes a lot of social issues that generate clashes amongst the different socio-economic classes. A few of these issues include poor health, inadequate housing, high crime rates, and families with single parents, substance abuse, etc.
In other words, it would be very safe to say that while on one hand, urban education is providing students with platforms to move forward in the advanced world and prove themselves, it is also one of the most terrifying causes for the youngsters and students turning into the people that they are not proud of and neither is this nation. Different theories define the structural condition of schools, such as dirty washrooms. Lack of concentration is a core indicator of low motivation and disengagement in students. When a school provides proper facilities, support, and resources, then all students can develop academically as they explore their own intellectual abilities.
In a survey based on urban education in the USA, the Education Week claimed that most of the 4th and 5th-grade students who live in American cities cannot properly read and understand even the simplest of the children’s books. Most of the students in the 8th standard are unable to solve practical problems. A little over 50% of the students in the big cities in the USA are unable to complete their High School within the 4 years graduation period and most of the ones who do graduate are unable to perform well in further studies and fail to deliver at their workplaces.
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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