By George Farmer, Education Next, June 23, 2020
As the world has paused to analyze the deficiencies of police departments, it is not enough. All aspects of America have to examine areas of systemic injustice. That includes schools, which now have an opportunity to rise to the occasion and improve.
American schools are de facto segregated based on income and ethnicity. Where students live determines the quality of education students will receive. Black and Latinx communities receive less educational opportunities than white communities.
What magnifies the discriminatory practices of educating by zip codes are the deep-rooted biases, conscious or subconscious, of educational staff. Many teachers in predominantly black and Latinx schools are white. These white teachers have different life experiences than their students. However, listening and understanding will provide an insight that cannot be established from a textbook.
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