Chapter 8 and 9 summary

These two chapters were about how students scores improved and the students achieved more when more money was spent on the schools. The chapters also talked about No Child Left Behind and the ways that the law hurts instead of helps students. Chapter nine writes that people need to stand up for desegregated schools and publicize their beliefs about it. A study showed that many families supported racially diverse schools but did not receive that for their children because they did not let the government know. According to No child left behind children should be able to transfer from a school that is deemed as failing to a school that is successful. In the book a statistic shows that " Nationwide only one percent of eligible children transferred from a failing school to a higher preforming school under the provisions of the federal law." The tone of the author when speaking about No child left behind is very condemning and non supportive. The author uses many statistics and quotes that show how No child left behind is a goal that is impossible to meet. In chapter nine the author talked about how families were supportive of desegregating schools. The author compelled its readers to stand up for what they believed was right. There were two statistics given that really helped get the author's message across. One was that "less than two percent ( of adults) believed that education for their children would be better in re segregated schools." The other statistic is that " 60 percent of Caucasian young adults believe that the government ought to make SURE that public schools are integrated, while the same percentage of black respondents do not merely favor integrated education but believe that it is an "absolute essential." The author's tone in chapter nine is trying to seek justice and disgusted by the injustice of the school system.