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Inequality of Opportunity:Classism in American Schools

Sonia Nieto (Canestrari, 2013) states, “classism is a grim reality because economic

inequality is now greater in the United States than in any other industrial or postindustrial country in the world”

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Let’s Look at Two Campusesin the Same District:

Townewest & Commonwealth

Courtesy Texas

Let’s Look at the NeighborhoodHomes that Townewest

Students Live In

Now the other campus . . .

Let’s Look at the NeighborhoodHomes that Commonwealth

Students Live In

Let’s See How the Demographic Compare

Now Let’s Look at the conditionof the school facilities . . . .

Townewest Elementary

Commonwealth Elementary

So how do the scores add up?

Let’s revisit the question posed:Are the children of America getting an equal education? Do they have equal

opportunity?What do you think?

References• Canestrari, A., & Marlowe, B. (2013). Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students' Achievement. In

Educational foundations: An anthology of critical readings (3rd ed., pp. 41-60). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.

• Commonwealth Elementary School - The Texas Tribune Public Schools Explorer. (n.d.). Retrieved October 14, 2014, from http://www.texastribune.org/public-ed/explore/fort-bend-isd/commonwealth-elementary-school/

• Townewest Elementary School - The Texas Tribune Public Schools Explorer. (n.d.). Retrieved October 14, 2014, from http://www.texastribune.org/public-ed/explore/fort-bend-isd/townewest-elementary-school/

Photo CreditsTitle Slide:Photo by Truthout.org - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42269094@N05Slide Two:1. Detroit by Spencer Platt. November 20, 2008. Getty Images.2. Photo by Sharon Steinman. 2007. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Brownsville-named-the-poorest-city-in-America-4939821.php#photo-27788793. Getty Images. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/us-child-hunger-rates-county-2013_n_3455328.htmlSlides 6, 7, 15:Photos taken by Kim Mozley, October 14, 2014.Slide 11:Photos retrieved from www.har.com.Slide 16:Photo courtesy of Fort Bend ISD