Hmmm....where to live?

This week was really eye opening in terms of looking at the segregation that is happening in schools in America. On Wednesday, we watched a clip from Oprah about two schools in the Chicago area that were completely different. One was an inner city school that was lacking many necessary resources, and the other was a fancy suburban school about 35 minutes away. It was shocking to see the apparent differences among the schools. The difference in graduation rates between the schools was also slightly disturbing. The inner city school had a rate of 40% while the suburban school was at 99% graduation rate. It is hard to imagine that this type of inequality is happening in our public schools today. It is atrocious and unfair. The kids in the inner city need and deserve the resources and facilities that the suburban kids have. Especially in inner city schools, alot of the students are up against difficult living situations and are making critical life choices. Without the resources and materials, these kids are making choices with out the skills and options that are afforded to those in the suburban schools.