New York City is a terribly divided place, where the income gap between rich people and poor people seems to be increasing by the day; you can live your whole life here and never befriend anyone on the opposite end of the financial spectrum.…. in New York, wealthy neighborhoods are separated by distinct geographical boundaries, and the richest New Yorkers send their children to fancy private schools, where they never have to interact with those in lower class strata (barring, say, their nannies and housekeepers). — Julianne, Rookie Magazine
I suppose one can say the same about a lot of big metros and large cities and soon we can add San Francisco to that list as well.
Reblogged this on xpressionsbyrebeccameunier and commented:
Big City Blues — L.A. is pretty much the same way :(! Best, Rebecca
Americans think we’re “so clever and classless and free” – and most often accepting the rules imposed on our lives by the very small number of people in charge of ruling this nation.
Read some articles about ‘co-location’, where charter schools are housed in the same building as public schools. One side has massive funding, materials, while the kids on the ‘other side’ look in through the glass from underfunded squalor.
Want to send a message to kids that they’re not as good? Good way to start.
How about just funding all kids equally?
Oh, btw, overall, charter schools perform at the same level as public schools.