According to a report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education“the best-funded schools with the highest percentage of experienced teachers are most often located in the most economically advantaged neighborhoods.”
“Schools with the highest scores are found in northeastern Queens, and the Upper East Side. As a result of New York City policies, black, Latino and low-income students have very limited access to those schools.”¹
This provides more opportunities to those living in areas such as the Upper East Side, while limiting the resources available to students in other areas such as Harlem and the South Bronx.
Park Avenue Clip: Two Very Different Worlds
“There are large groups of people that experience the game as unfair. The opportunity is not there. All the rules have been decided.”
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
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The experiment addressed in the video uses the game of monopoly to represent the unfair advantages or privilege that some people have over others.
- Strauss, Valerie. “Why Education Inequality Persists – and How to Fix It.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, 16 May 2012. Web. 22 Nov. 2015. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/why-education-inequality-persists–and-how-to-fix-it/2012/05/15/gIQAXEIeSU_blog.html>.