Brown vs. Board

  

Quotes

 "Standardized reading tests in 1971, black 13 year olds tested 39 points worse than white kids. That dropped to just 18 points by 1988 at the height of desegregation."

Integrating schools so that both black and white students can learn in the same environment is something that has positively impacted scores for young African American adults. The idea is great yet it still seems that it has been tough to do. I think back to my high school career, even my elementary school experience and when I think about it there wasn't many black students that I was working with. Even when I think to my current experience at my service learning project there aren't a lot of students that are white. At Martin Luther King Jr elementary the majority of the students are black and Hispanic and there are probably a handful of white students at the school. I understand that this can be tough to combat because schools are separated by districts and if one district is the majority of black people or Hispanic people, or white on the other hand, that is going to be the majority at that school district. The evidence is clear that integration in schools benefits the students the next major step is to try and make schools more diverse.

"What integration does is it gets black kids in the same facilities as white kids, and therefore it gets them access to the same things that those kids get-- quality teachers and quality instruction."

   This quote couldn't have summed it up any better. I always wondered why black students would perform better in a more diverse environment and now its pretty clear. If black students populate the majority of schools that you would consider poor, or schools that do not have that many resources it is only safe to assume that they wouldn't be able to acquire the same quality of education. The reason the students do better is because they are given the same opportunity as white students in a school setting. The students may have better teachers, better resources, better technology better everything. If a students is able to take advantage of these things then it is only save to assume that the students would be able to have much more successful time during school.

"The US Department of Education put out data in 2014 showing that black and Latino kids in segregated schools have the least qualified teachers, the least experienced teachers. They also get the worst course offerings, the least access to AP and upper level courses, the worst facilities."

   This goes back to what I just said. In 2014 it was basically said that students in segregated schools have the worst schools essentially. In order for all students to succeed in schools all students need a good school to actually go to and accomplish work and goals to gain knowledge. Black students do better in a environment with white students because white students seem to have better schools and resources. Black people do well working with them because they are given the same environment, the same resources to actually work and gain a good education. This quote ties everything together. It explains why the minority don't get a good education and also explains why they do better with white people in a school environment. In order for more students to excel in school they have to be given the same base to work off of. That's the bottom line. If students have more opportunity and resources then it is quite clear more students would do well in school regardless of their race. If students in general are given a good environment to learn, said students will do well.