Video Analysis

Teach Us all:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19VIDpZs9TUdbvb7gk49sZALrnPCz8zOWqDL50Jsi_lU/edit

Precious Knowledge:

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1klIE0ESuG2PKnTH8g1BcHS2D70slqlbrj663Gdin78s/edit?usp=sharing

Classroom Tour:

Still Separate, Still Unequal

 Quotes:

While reading the NY Times Article; Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality, gives us many examples of segregation in schools still. This quote is the first one I chose that stood out to me. "Although many students learn about the historical struggles to desegregate schools in the civil rights era, segregation as a current reality is largely absent from the curriculum." This shows me how more must be done to try and help. If we aren't teaching and making others aware, how can we make a change? We still see this today, and it has happened for many years. This second quote ties into the first quote I chose that stood out to me. "School segregation and educational inequity may be a sensitive and uncomfortable topic for students and teachers, regardless of their race, ethnicity or economic status. Nevertheless, the topics below offer entry points to an essential conversation, one that affects every American student and raises questions about core American ideals of equality and fairness." We need to be having this uncomfortable topic talked about because it is the only way we can see a change. It might be hard to do, but the article does help give ideas to help get started. This topic is uncomfortable shoes that we need to discuss more, and there isn't much change. And if we can talk about something uncomfortable we can make it comfortable. Lastly, the third quote I chose stood out in the article. "The report, released this week by the nonprofit EdBuild, put a dollar amount on the problem of school segregation, which has persisted long after Brown v. Board of Education and was targeted in recent lawsuits in states from New Jersey to Minnesota. The estimate also came as teachers across the country have protested and gone on strike to demand more funding for public schools." Kids should be getting fair funding in their schools. Every student deserves to have support and resources to allow them to succeed in school. Money is a big part of these schools having a hard time; how can we motivate students who need the correct learning resources? 

Questions/ Comments/ Points to Share: 

This article is beneficial because it can help us have those uncomfortable conversations and hope to see some change. The article shares six activities students can use to learn about school segregation and educational inequality. Each activity contains stories, ideas, and facts to help. The first activity is a Warm-Up: Visualize segregation and inequality in education. The second activity is to explore a case study: schools in Charlottesville, Va. The third activity investigates the relationship between school segregation, funding, and inequality. The fourth activity examines potential legal remedies to school segregation and educational inequality. The fifth activity is to Consider alternatives to integration. Lastly, the sixth acidity is Learn more and take action. 

Hyperlink: https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/30098/why-have-americas-public-schools-gotten-more-racially-segregated

Jonathan Kozol: Amazing Grace

 Extended Comments:

I am making extended comments based on Anna's blog post about quotes. The quotes she chose captured much about the reading and what it was. The first quote she used was one that really stood out to me. It is sad to read about what these children are going through each day. It is not something they should be going through like playing while your mother waits for needles; which is scary for the children. Being put in circumstances like that can change the development and life of the child because it can throw them into the same pattern when they are older because they see it happening and can think that is normal. Now the second quote about the hospital is just as heart breaking. These people need to get the help they need! If they would get that care and support, there could be a way to turn some part of their life around. I like how Anna mentioned Covid-19 and how she is right it did show us how scarcely things have changed in these low income/poor areas. Anna'ss third quote ties into the first she used but has even more power to it. There is so much drug use all around and it affects the area making it worse and worse as the days go on. It is sad to her about the personal experience. Lastly, the last quote which for me connects to the power of culture. It shows that there are many people in the lower class that never get to get past that, they might not know the rules to help to pull themselves out. It is sad because we want people to be equal but there are so many areas in the world that are so different. I love how Anna said"“We, as educators, can help people see beyond the confines of their social status. We can show our students that there is a world out there that they can change"” We can teach these children the rules and give them what we can to help change for the better. 

Questions/ Comments/ Points to share:

The author tells us about how hard of a time these children have who are living in New York City. The culture and environment they are surrounded by are the reason for this. It really made me think about my own life growing up and all the privileges I had. I grew up in a small town with low crime, and everybody knew everybody. So, there was no cause for concern when my parents let me walk around town with friends or even go out to play at parks. I grew up right outside New York City, and although I was so close, I never went it too much. Thinking about it, I would only go to tourist areas, concerts, or even where my grandfather and grandmother grew up in the Bronx. Looking back, comparing all the places, there are differences, and it's unfortunate to see. 

Hyperlink: https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/10/25/22744661/nycha-child-care-unsafe-conditions-nyc