Educational Problems

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This paper looks at the problems and challenges faced by the American educational system. Although America may want to use its schools to create an egalitarian society where everyone has a chance to advance him or herself, it is still a long way from reaching that point. The paper shows that American schools reflect the country's social structure and that the problems its society faces are reflected in its public schools. The paper uses the 'Social Disorganization' theory to look at social and educational problems in the United States, how they interact with each other and how these problems come to a head in American schools. The paper also explores possible solutions, including a change in bureaucratic structure and improved teacher training.

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"Nevertheless, researchers do see disparities, especially when comparing the performance of minorities to the performance of white students. While many more students graduate from high school now than did at the middle of the 20th century, blacks still drop out at twice the rate of whites (Roscigno, 1998). Since just the fact of being black or white cannot explain such differences between groups, social factors have been considered. Multiple researchers have demonstrated a strong correlation between family income and the achievement of the children in the family (Roscigno, 1998). This is reflected in racial statistics because minority groups tend to earn less money than whites as a group."

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