Success Goes Where the Funding Goes
The idea that schools which receive fewer funding dollars and are located in poor inner cities are just not equipped to adequately educate students in the new economy is quite striking. According to Hochschild, these schools have fewer certified capable teachers, and access to few if any state of the art technologically capable classrooms. The question becomes how can students effectively compete with others on state or national exams when the tools that both need to excel are unequally distributed? Another idea Hochschild brings to the forefront is that of the social issues that go with the poor status. What do you think about this?