American Life, Hebert, Brown vs. Board of Education

Alyssa Giammarco
Dr. McKamey
FNED:346
30 October 2018

The Problem We All Live With- Part One 

"Maria usually brought home A's but when she got a C Neshia asked the teacher why she had not been notified, the teacher told her that she had to many kids in her class to call all of their parents. Neshia said teachers did not seem to care. Classes were dumbed down, and often unorganized, and everything that seemed to be good news turned into bad news."

This quote is revealing that in the Missouri school district teachers are not caring if their students succeed or not. This is very frown upon because a teachers job is to educate these children and provide extra help for them to be successful. Many of these students were not graduating because the school was losing their records or other important things. The school was very unorganized and lazy which resulted in students suffering for what they couldn't control. This quote relevant to the pod cast because the speaker is talking about the Normandy school district and the problems that parents were finding out. 

Link to the Pod Cast:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with-part-one

Separate and Unequal 

“Ninety-five percent of education reform is about trying to make separate schools for rich and poor work, but there is very little evidence that you can have success when you pack all the low-income students into one particular school,” 

This quote is relevant to the article because the author is talking about the schools in which black and hispanic children are enrolled in. These children are exposed to high levels of poverty. This results in exceptions, and parental involvement being very low. This quote is revealing that there is a good percentage of education changes that is happing, however all of the students that come from high poverty are put into the same school. How does this make any sense? People want education to change but they are basically segregating low income students into one school and high income families into another. 

Link to the Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22herbert.html

Separate Is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board Of Education 

"Through personal stories and broad historical themes, the exhibition traced the fight to bring the injustice of segregated schools before the United States Supreme Court. Their victory in Brown v. Board of Education transformed the nation."

This quote is saying that the Brown vs. Board of Education changed American history by eliminating segregated schools. This was one of the turning points that transformed our nation. This quote is relevant to the Brown vs. Board website because it talks about the events that took place, public programs, and resources. 

Link to the Website:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html