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Part 4

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Part four of the textbook provided several different ideas and opinions regarding the public education system from the 1980s through today. The public education system in the United States had undergone several significant changes throughout the mid-20th century. Federal mandates required schools to be integrated and desegregated. Schools could no longer discriminate based on gender or orientation. Public education systems were also now required to provide adequate means and accommodations for students who are physically or mentally disabled. However, there were still many challenges still to face. Perhaps one of the largest challenges faced by public education systems was the “white flight” of wealthy and middle-class white families. The white flight describes the movement of upper- and middle-class white families from inner city urban environments that were largely integrated to the suburbs. Poor and lower-class families, typically minority based, were not able to afford to move to ...
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Part 3

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Part 3 of the textbook focuses on the time period from the 1950’s through the 1970’s and 1980’s. The book explains how dangerous it was for minority children to receive a quality education. Prior to 1954, schools were legally segregated under the guise of “separate but equal.” As it turned out, the segregated schools were the exact opposite, separate and unequal. White children received more opportunities and resources than minority children. Minority children often had to walk past white schools on their way to their assigned segregated school. In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka Kansas. The Brown vs. Board of Education case ruled that segregation was illegal and schools had to be desegregated. Although schools were legally desegregated minority children, disabled children, and female students were still not receiving the same opportunities as white English-speaking male children. President Lydon B. Johnson recognized the import...
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Part Two

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I found part two of the book very interesting. Part two dives into the history of the United States in the late 1800’s through the mid 1900’s. During this time, public education was in full swing. The importance of public education had been proven and was being adopted in several different ways across the country. The United States recognized the importance of having a well-educated society. A well-educated society is a productive society that can work together to accomplish anything and everything that happens in society. Public education played a massive part in making immigrants fully incorporate into American society. Schools taught immigrant children how to thrive in the United States. On page 70, the author writes “Not only did the public school transform the immigrants; the immigrants eventually helped transform America, making landmark contributions in every walk of life, as artists, scientists, intellectuals, journalists, business leaders, professionals, and ordinary citize...
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Part 1

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Public education played a huge part in the quickly changing early United States. In the early days of the country and in the days of the thirteen colonies, education was not a widespread practice. There were very few schools and education was not seen as important to most people living there at the time. The economy was based around agriculture, and as such farmers did not see the need in educating the youth in anything other than agriculture. The schools that did exist, were small and funded by individual towns. The education provided in these schools was short and very basic. Today we would consider these schools as preschools.     Thomas Jefferson            Public education unified the United States in many ways. People like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Rush was the importance of education, particularly in educating the youth of America. On page 13 of the textbook the author says “They argued that the survival of th...
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Assignment 1

           My name is Matthew Lemons. I am a senior at NJCU in the fire science program. I am a career firefighter in Summit New Jersey. I am married and have a 14-month-old son. I have been blessed with a beautiful family and successful career and am thankful for both every day.  Literacy is important for our society and myself personally. Being able to read and communicate is the basis for a cohesive society. Both of parents are college educated and had a strong commitment to raising my brother and I to be well educated. My parents were extremely supportive and encouraging from a young age to learn how to read and write. My parents taught us the importance of not just reading the words but to gain an understanding of what the words meant, what picture the author was trying to convey to the reader. Growing up, my mother was strict about my brother and I playing video games during the daytime. She preferred we spent that time learning ...
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