THE ROOT OF POVERTY: EDUCATIONAL

INEQUALITY
Throughout the course of this semester, I explored how educational inequality started and how it is still taking

place. It is never clear as to who is to blame, since inequality in the education system did not happen

overnight. The most basic reason is defunding of public schools. Defunding is based on what seems like

GPAs, high stake test scores, and drop out rates, while it is actually based on race, social class, and gender.

Banks avoid investing in pre-dominantly black

communities Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME)

proudly do their share of giving back to their

Real estate companies direct African Americans to
community, even if it goes unnoticed by:
particular neighborhoods.
- Funding a local sports team,
NORWAY vs. AMERICA: - Feeding the homeless, or
Norway's vocational schools are linked with - Volunteering to clean up the community.
secondary schools and America's vocational schools

are linked with community colleges. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A

American public schools have GEARUP, which is
not implemented to its fullest potential in certain
areas.
SANTA ANNA vs. TROY HIGH IN "OUR KIDS"
Schools are 15 minutes away
Troy High: one of the best schools
Santa Anna: worst schools.
Starkly contrasting features between both school:
- Student backgrounds
BUSINESS LAW- Corporations with a net income
of more than $10 million would be required to take
CSR initiatives so, Large sized Enterprises gives
back to their communities in meaningful ways:
- Since CSR initiatives are good for company
image, businesses would be correctly
motivated.
-Consequences of noncompliance would vary

- Financial standings of parent

- Quality of teachers and school facilities REAL SOLUTION: Large corporations are legally
- Extracurricular activities that are available
obliged to pay their share of taxes. That is a change
Amount in funds for the two schools differs by $400
that are expected to be executed from the
per pupil, its allocation is different:
government sector. A separation of politics and
- Santa Anna funds school breakfast, lunch,

and dinner business should be sufficient, though as I research

- Troy High would focus on installing the most this, it seems as if institutional things like the law

up-to-date computer systems. only applies to those who do not have money to

wiggle out of consequences.Crime committed on

***Those students from the lower working class who
the streets due to hunger and deep poverty is
attend and graduate from underfunded public
always on the news; young black men are already
schools,domakeit to college andperforms very

well. considered a threat to society and are often

***Their success isdue to thecorrect motivation they incarcerated, while the old white men in highest

unintentionally found in high school, whether it is position of power are respected as they allow
from a teacher or coach who is like a parent or their
poverty to spread.
own will. Nevertheless, after graduation, student loans
With this, the public school system would
slow them down
be improved and a educated population

PROBLEM: Unfair allocation of tax money andtax
cuts to wealthy= rich getting richer and poor getting
poorer.
would lead the way for improvements in all
that we do; including lowering the number
of families under the poverty line, by

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Corporate social responsibility making informed decisions on the ballots.
- A management concept in which companies include Amera Ahmed

social and environmental concerns in their business HON4280

operations. Spring 2017

Final Poster