There is a problem within our education system and that there is racial profiling that happens in which kids of color or minorities are not given the same preference or acknowledgment from not only their peers but their teachers too. Race has always been a deciding factor for many things.But, do our sociologists and those in charge of our education system stop and think about the effects racial discrimination and group have on the academic performance of those that are a victim to it? National attention has been drawn to the fact that racial gap in academic achievement, on our country’s education system and society in general is poor. The education system in our country needs help and with a great number of minorities living in our country with poor grades, which reflects poorly on Canadian values and its education system.
Canada is year after year ranked below developing countries in the academic ranking yet they have the most facilities and the biggest education budget. If this issue is taken care, there would be increase in the ranking position. However, it should be noted that our poor ranking is simply because of the poor grades of minorities as we have a large number of minorities. So, their poor grades weigh heavily on the general Canadian ranking so this issue should not be taken trivially.We should tackle this issue rather than we throw out money on other things, we should invest it in education so our future generations have more to work with.
General public should show more interest to change the system and especially people associated or linked with the Canadian educational system. Students should also take part in this so that they can give their perspective and the issue might be looked at differently. Student’s perspective can help open out the situation and things like classroom environment, student behavior and teacher communication can be understood more thoroughly.Often, problems go unsolved because they are not acknowledged in a helpful manner and to the right people. If the problem was made aware to the “victims” themselves, they might take extra-precaution to not fall victim to this issue. The racial gap in academic performance between whites and Asians and Latinos and black students in the world is the biggest issue in present situation.
It is a very common saying in America that “Blacks just aren’t book-smart. ” The blacks are always disgraced, so they don’t join schools and colleges. They are always treated unequally.The black children are not being educated with proper skills and knowledge. For example, black students are asked wrong questions in the tests, which are slanted and unfair. This is one the most neglected issues amongst our education system today along with this being a central civil rights issue of our time.
It points out that unequal skills and knowledge are the main cause of ongoing racial inequality and it is one of the great-unresolved issues. There is tragic and obvious gap in learning that occurs between schools in suburbs and inner city schools.The issue of education and the racial gap get between the quality and the outcome of the studies and must be dealt immediately. According to “The education gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools”, the authors report new findings drawn by vouchers conducted to date. The authors dig deeper into the American education system, discuss the charter school expansion and debate over the racial backgrounds of students and why their ethnicity can determine their academic level. The school deals heavily with urban schools and those schools in inner-city areas and whether the surrounding environments affect the school vs.
he school affecting the environment. “American policymakers have settled on education as a primary tool to promote and protect the concept of equal opportunity. ” But, in reality young black adults have less than five elementary years of schooling than the whites. Most blacks continue to go to minority school, which has lots of violence and fewer chances to participate in extra-circular activities. The blacks who came from rich-educated families still were graded lower than the whites. This led to more gap between the blacks and the whites.
One reason for the racial gap in school is a very straightforward way which focuses greatly on IQ level, intelligence based on regions and the psychological aspects along with the biological. In “Race Differences in Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis” by Richard Lynn, Lynn discusses the race differences in intelligence and IQ. People having higher IQ level are given more respect in the society than those whose IQ level is low. For example, East Asians have higher IQ level, not only in their homelands but where ever they go.
The blacks have lower IQ level, so they are discriminated.The reasons blacks have lower IQ level is because of their cultural conditions and poor nutrition and health. IQ level varies in different societies because of different environment, which leads to racism problems. The black, white, and Hispanic children have different experiences in early childhood care and education.
Early lives of children have a great impact on their later achievement. They experience in racial and ethnic gaps in academic settings. Due to racism and ethnic gaps, young children don’t have interest in learning which can lead to a bad future of them.They are likely to become young parents, get involved in criminal activities and suffer from depression. These children are less educated, so there are more chances of unemployment.
There are many reasons why some children of certain races excel in academics while others don’t. For example, in a research it mentions that children who attend a preschool program are more likely to learn more. This is why white students might excel in the general sense is because up to 54% white students have attended a preschool before joining school. So, the racial and ethnic gaps already exist by the time children go to kindergarten or high school.
