3/15: Today we watched a video about unequal education, called Listening to America. The video focused on two schools in NYC; Riverdale and South Fordham. These schools were in the same city, but two completely different worlds. South Fordham's teachers were unqualified to be teaching the subjects that they were teaching, and some of them had not even taken educational credits. Riverdale's teachers were qualified for the specific course that they were teaching. The qualification of the teachers was not the only major difference between these schools. The attitudes of the teachers was also a huge difference. The attitude of a teacher makes a world of difference in the success of a student, in school and out of school. Some of the students were being talked down right to their face by their teachers. In high school, my sister had a teacher that believed she would never graduate, let alone go onto college. This teacher made a huge impact on my sister's self-esteem. She believed that she would go nowhere and for a good majority of high school, put no effort into school because of this. Not thanks to this teacher, she is almost finished with her two year degree, and getting better grades than myself!
3/17: Group Three, Chapter Six: Education in the United States
- Colonial Period (1607-1775)
- Religion was huge in schools
- Education was for wealthy, white males
- Early National Period (1775-1820)
- Constitution (1787) states there is no official religion
- Common School Movement (1820-1865)
- An attempt at an education for all children
- Standardized curriculum
- Education of Cultural Minorities
- Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans
- Taught to be white
- Forbidden to speak native language
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