Jill's FNED 246-01

Blog #7 Argument     In the article "Aria" by Richard Rodriguez, he talks about bilingual education. Rodriguez argues that only certain languages should be taught. For example, only languages that is able to be used.       Rodrigues explains how his life was growing up. He always had a hard time understanding people in a primarily English region. He had to learn to speak English clearly so that he would be able to communicate with others and to fit in. For many kids, this is difficult having to learn another language when you only know your native one.     I can relate to this with Inspiring minds. I have a couple of students where Spanish is their first language. And in order for them to communicate with the teacher they have to speak in English. I feel bad for those students who have to go out of their way to be able to communicate with their peers or their teachers. Students should be comfortable in classrooms when speaking their own language. ...

 Blog #6 Connections     While reading this article, I've found some similarities between all of the different texts we've read as a class. For example, many talk about racism and how it can effect classrooms, offices, and even just in public, But all the stories have one thing in common; how racism effects classrooms. In order for a student to get a good education they need to be 'rich'. And unfortunately, thats true. Now I'm not saying this for every student, but it is more common for students to have a higher education if they live in a 'well-rounded' neighborhood.      To connect it to an exact article, I think the NY Times article that I read is a perfect example to connect it to this article. In the NY Times paper, it talked about how schools really aren't getting the right funding in some districts. Those being the poorer districts. However what it doesn't say in the article is that the state will only allow so much funding for different schoo...

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Blog #5 "Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality" Quotes "School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number of students, a new report found."           Reading this quote from the NY Times article made me sick to my stomach. Children are suffering in and out of schools. The schools that predominantly serve students of color aren't getting enough funding to aid those students in need of a good education. Why is it that those schools receive much less than the schools that are in 'white districts'? "Racial segregation in public education has been illegal for 65 years in the United States. Yet American public schools remain largely separate and unequal — with profound consequences for students, especially students of color."     With the example listed ab...

Blog Post #4  "Why Intersectionality Can't Wait"   Connection When watching the video on intersectionality, I came to realize that it somewhat ties to Kozol's "Amazing Grace". In "Amazing Grace", Kozol talks about growing up in the Bronx and having to go to a 'poor' school. In the text Kozol also explains how difficult it was to grow up in a low-income neighborhood and how that had a disadvantage on his life and education.  Intersectionality, to me means; not everyone is born the same and people have different cultures, race, and identity. at some point in our lives, we will meet those people and 'cross paths' to familiarize ourselves with ones culture. In the video, Jerry and Fatimah grew up very differently. Fatimah moved to America and has to adjust to the American culture and has a difficult time at school. Jerry is disabled and has a lot of responsibility when it comes to his family. he has reached a certain age where he wants ...