SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS

Segregation in Schools



Abstract

Any group of people can be segregated, and these patterns are apparent in the academic institutions as well. Segregation on the basis of income defines the broad social areas in cities, with neighborhoods divided between low, middle, and higher incomes. Segregation on the basis of life cycle considers the tendency of neighborhoods to be dominated by people at certain stages of their lives, from young adult singles to families with children, to empty nesters and elderly enclaves. Brown v Board set the foundation for the civil rights movement and gave African American's hope that “separate, but equal” on all fronts would be changed. The fight that followed after this ruling is not a pretty one. Many people lost their lives fighting for their rights and opportunities to live free in a completely equal and blended societyIn the United States for forty years, a policy of forced desegregation in schools has been implemented - with zero result. White parents simply pick up their children from public and urban schools, which led to a decline in their level of education. Desegregation did not decrease the racial problems, but only emphasized it. Mixing leads to better relations only between similar people, and if people are different, it leads to the opposite result. The main problem with segregated schools is that, as a trend, urban schools tend to be on a substandard level as compared to most suburban schools. This may be due to their lack of money and how the money each school has is used. Urban schools do not have as many opportunities as suburban schools, like the use of new technologies, or going outside to play, or going on fieldtrips, due to the lack of money/resources and safety issues. Students that attend and graduate from suburban schools have more options than those attending and hoping to graduate from an inner city.

Introduction

The United States boasts of a comprehensive educational system, articulating and diversified, which provides education for integral human development of its population (Orfield 2006 41). The system is recognized nationally and internationally for its quality and is the cornerstone of cultural, scientific, technological, economic and social development of the nation.

General Objectives of the Education Policy

The general objectives are to encourage improvements in the governance of the Ministry of Education supporting the control of its processes, the alignment of their organizational structures and implementation of innovative models of leadership that contribute to improved educational quality and public perceptions of services provided by the Secretariat. The school is an interactive social environment; attitudes need to seek the formation of citizens with values, to respect people and their differences.

De Facto Segregation in the United States

Segregation derives from the Latin verb “to separate” or “to divide,” and in the social sciences, it defines the separation of a group of people from the rest of the population. Segregation does not have to be a particularly geographical phenomenon—it can involve any manner of separation—but it often takes geographical forms and is most apparent in cities where the social ...