Education is generational

Too many people think some kids work harder or some parents care more or some communities just don’t value education the same way and that’s why we have such a big gap in education. I’m an educator and a proud Black American, so I know people bout to get all defensive because I’m not supposed to critique any of the American systems, especially one that I currently exist inside of, but that’s exactly why I need to talk about these things. I need to correct a narrative. I’ve taught from the gulf to the great lakes, and What I see…is the generational effect of unequal education. I see students come to my class with carrying the weight of decisions that were made long before they were born.Let’s learn how generations of racially motivated decisions like, seperate and unequal, are showing up today. Generally, educators know when a fresh class of kindergarten babies show up, they aren’t starting at the same place. But Do we really understand the depth and why? Students want to succeed. Listen. The bottom line is:Education is generational. If your parents had access to strong schools,you’re more than likely to have support at home.If your grandparents were allowed to build wealth,you’re more than likely to live in a neighborhood with resources. Right. And teachers talk about this all the time. Chile and I try my best to put it to a hush as soon as I hear it…“it starts at home.”“If the parents would just help more.”“If they cared about education, this wouldn’t happen.”Again. Education is generational. A lot of parents can’t help Because they didn’t get the education either.They went to underfunded schools.They struggled in the same system.They were told the same things about what they could or couldn’t be.They Remember their own childhood.In The principal’s office being in trouble.The feeling of not understanding the work themselves. For some families, school isn’t just school, it’s generations of being under educated in our k-12, and beyond education system. Let’s hear from Dr. Latoya watson on the different ways our attempts at higher education has been stopped throughout generations. https://youtu.be/gnZluBoBerY?si=Wy5WXziaUfgdq4CP For generations, many families were under educated and today, opportunity still isn’t equal.In some schools, students have access toadvanced classes, the best technology, college prep, classrooms get extra support, the classes are smaller, educators are paid better, right. While In other schools, teachers are doing everything they can to make it through the week. They are stretched thin y’all. Listen, resources follow money, right. We’ve learned that money follows neighborhoods.And neighborhoods were shaped by policy. I’ll the link my video where I break taxes and education down. But do know that Opportunity has never been evenly distributed.📌 Sociologist Anindya Kunduhttps://youtu.be/wRG5_-9eE4w?si=7S6-KnsEQByij2WZThen there’s something even harder to talk about.Expectations. In different schools, students are seen differently.Who gets called gifted.Who gets called disruptive.Who gets another chance.Who gets sent out.Who gets suspended.Who gets pushed toward college.Who gets pushed toward survival.It’s systemic, the systems created the patterns, and work working inside those patterns.https://youtu.be/QZsgk9acYbo?si=sOFCjNa4wxGW1WnHThis is a result of years of decisions stacked together. We can’t blame on teacher or one moment. We can trace those decisions back for generations, as we’ve seen. When we do, we end up in seperate and unequal schools. We end up in redlining, when neighborhoods were divided on purpose. We end up in the subburbs when opportunity movement, but our ancestors weren’t allowed to follow. Huh. You hear me? We end up in Jim Crow, when education for our families was underfunded by design. Baby, don’t go there, because truth be told, we end up in slavery, when education itself was illegal.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/HarvardEducation/videos/prof-jarvis-givens-on-fugitive-pedagogy/191773118553918/&ved=2ahUKEwjf_aKyza-TAxXu5ckDHZ3zCq4Qo7QBegQIFxAF&usg=AOvVaw0awly1mDtURrty6QtSbdiqSo as an educator, I’m telling you, the problem is systemic. Unequal opportunity became unequal education, and unequal education became generational. We’re still living inside the system.So, if you want to go deeper into how these patterns were built, that’s exactly what I do. Like and Subscribe, and check the link in my description, because I see patterns of inequality everywhere, and I’m going to continue pointing em out and sharing them with you. So, until next time. Let’s learn.