“WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT EDUCATION DISPARITYON A TRAIN ACROSS THE USA”

Jarod YongMA TESOL Candidate, Columbia University

TEDBET, MELTA24 Sept 2016

Source: http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-on-a-plate

JAROD’S TRAIN JOURNEY

DISPARITY 1: LOW INCOME = LOW QUALITY ED

•Property Tax = Public School Funds• Low Income Neighborhoods

= Poorly Funded Schools= Overcrowding & Lack of Services

• Violence in Low Income Neighborhoods• Children dealing with PTSD

DISPARITY 2: CAPITALIZATION OF EDUCATION• US Education Industry = 1.3 Trillion/Year (

2011)• K-12 = $625 Billion US• Post Secondary = $433 Billion

• Pittsburgh: Public schools closing = no funding• Charter schools = priority funding• Poor regulations• Corporations make money off charter schools

HOPE1.Education Activists/Advocacy

Groups• Pittsburgh: Great Public Schools & One

Pittsburgh

2.Charter Schools• Albuquerque: Native American Community

Academy

HOPE3. Education Nonprofits

• Pittsburgh: PRYSE (Pittsburgh Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment)

• Chicago: Youth Guidance - BAM & WOW• Kansas City: KC Social Innovation – LRNG Platform• Kansas City: Operation Breakthrough – Early Childhood

Education (ECE)• Albuquerque: Native American Professional Parent Resources

– ECE• Los Angeles: Bresee Foundation – ESL & Gang Prevention

BACK TO MALAYSIA1. Macro: Is Malaysia doing any better?

• How are we treating low income groups? Minorities? Refugees?• Are we spending a lot of money on education products that might not

suit our children?

2. Micro: What are we doing to bridge education disparities in our own classrooms?• How are we treating our low income students? Students of a different

culture? Immigrant children?• Who are the most “problematic” students in your classroom?• Are there better ways to “educate” them?

Jarod Yongjarodyong@outlook.comjarodyong.com