30 years of study shows SES (socioeconomic status) predicts a student’s amount of schooling, how well they do, and how successful they can be in life after school.
The people who are exceptions to this rule are labeled as ‘resilient.’
You would think the government would try to increase funding for anti-poverty through schools, but they would rather let those who struggle suffer.
The only hope a student from low SES has for post-secondary is government loans, which take years to pay off and almost double from interest. Meanwhile, the children of oilfield workers and dentists breeze through college without ever being concerned about where their next meal is coming from, and often without even caring about the subjects they are enrolled in. The rich kids who do work are placed in high paying jobs provided through family connections that poor kids are never even considered for.
The schools, the article says, put too much emphasis on behavior control and give too much seat work, when students should be receiving stimulating challenging instruction. Children of all socioeconomic backgrounds should be given the same opportunities to succeed.
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I agree when you say the government needs to direct their attention towards children who live in poverty. The research out there proves poverty can affect the amount of schooling a child gets, how well they will do and how successful they will be after school. This is a serious issue, yet I do not believe it is one that can be directed towards or blamed on “rich kids”. While “rich kids” may have it easier in the long run in many ways such as attending post secondary education, poverty is not an issue because of them. Poverty is an issue the government needs to learn how to deal with in order for it to be approved upon.
An article I just got (too late for this class) paints an even more depressing picture and argues that in the states, they hardly even bother with the pretense of being open to poor students any more -- the old boy network is full tilt out to protect itself, the rich to reproduce their status in their children by excluding and riding roughshod over the poor -- ironically, US now appears to be moving to a less open society than many European class based societies...
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