Candacy Taylor
Concerns of Equity within the School System
AC 230
November 5, 2010

WHAT IS THE ISSUE ABOUT?
This issue is about children within the school system being blamed for low grades and failing classes. The issues don’t only rely on the child, but the school also. Many teachers blame a children parent, their home lives, their communities, and even their genetics as a cause or the students themselves saying something must be internally wrong with them. Rather, what might be the issue is the school itself. Maybe it’s the beliefs, practices, procedures, and policies of a particular school that causes a child not to do well within the school system. There are many curriculum’s in a school that may affect a child in a positive or negative way. In schools all of them have the basic curriculum’s such as English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Computer, History, and Gym. Other schools may have more or less depending on what’s the specialty of the school. Either way, there should be equity within all schools no matter what they are focusing on.

ENGLISH/SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY

In all of theses subjects within schools teachers need to be told again that each child is different, so there many need to be unique books or classroom activities and specific tools, gadgets that all children can use. Each child needs to feel as equally important as every other child feels, so equity wouldn’t be a problem within the school systems. As teachers conduct their English class they should also read and in such a way that all students can learn. Many children learn in different ways, such as visually, auditory, tactile, and kin esthetically. All of these factors need to be equal and the same for boys and girls. Plus, for those children who are impaired and can’t understand as easily as other children.

MATH

In all Math classes in schools for equity not be a issue teachers need to