What was interesting to me was that some of the issues discussed in Savage Inequalities were some if not the same issues facing contemporary education especially when it is based on demographics. I thought the schools in st.Louis that Kozol referenced alongside the descriptions from the students and people of the community mirrors our society today. In certain neighborhoods that are termed as “bad” the first thought that comes to mind is minority and Black on Black crime, and in these types of stereotyped neighborhoods zone schools are usually underfunded, violence stricken and they usually have higher drop-out rates. When the student in the book referenced how the school was named after Martin Luther King, but the school was segregated and in horrible condition, this really stood out to me because many schools in our society are in horrible conditions, they may not have actual sewage water but everything else including the curriculum and the students have deteriorated. I feel like schools that have a higher percentage of minorities (Blacks, Latinos) appear most of the time to be extremely underfunded and scrimmaging for adequate supplies. And I agree with what Kozols says when he ends the chapter about schools like this, remaining the way they are yet the “equality” of education” is still perpetuated when it is obvious that certain areas are overlooked by the system. I think these chapters say alot about the state of education especially since the year difference is not significantly great. Education has made significant improvements but demographics is still a major issue that is very important in determining in my opinion, what educational opportunites schools in certain neighborhoods receive alongside their students.
Should schools named after people like MLK be scrimmaging for supplies for their students. In reference to what we know about the inequality in education at certain points in history, what do suffering, “well-named” schools represent for education? In reference to demographics, how important is the neighborhood of a school in relation to its curriculum, would you attend a good school in a “bad” neighborhood,Why/why not?
