Education as a Social Justice Issue. Why Education?

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Education as a Social Justice Issue

Why Education?

Why Differences?

See also: overviewhttp://atlas.newamerica.org/school-finance#toc-federal-state-and-local-k-12-school-finance- overview

Funding Also see:

More on Funding “Other data show that communities where student poverty is rare tend to have well-funded schools, whereas schools in communities where student poverty is rampant tend to receive much less funding. “

The “Achievement Gap”

The National Gaps

So where’s the action?

“Closing the black/white educational achievement gap requires dealing with real issues that affect the education of black children. Significant closure in the educational achievement gap in Delaware will not occur until: (1) the educational establishment acknowledges that race and racism matters; (2) the educational system has the same academic expectations of black children it has of white children; and (3) the black community takes responsibility for the education of their children. “

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Effects of Education 0 “The data indicates that the strongest predictor of lack of health insurance was lack of education.” 0 “Overall, lack of access to health care was greatest for African Americans and Hispanics”

Data

Which means…