Graphic Organizer- Chapter 1

This chart depicts the unfortunate realities faced by millions of inner-city kids who never get the chance to thrive in any way. The majority of African American and Latino students (almost ¾) in the US attend schools that are predominantly minority. These schools, sometimes referred to as “apartheid” are almost six times as likely to be a school of concentrated poverty as a school with a majority white population. There are many highly qualified educators who choose to teach in such schools, which severely diminishes the quality of learning for many of these segregated schools . I chose this graph because it shows how all of these factors build up on top of the kids and come pouring over them like hot lava, forever encrusting them into this vicious cycle of segregation and poverty.