I agree with the author when it states about people being unaware of important facts regarding United States education. Some people are unaware on how the history, present and future of education affects them. Where they may be tax payers, have children in the U.S. education system, or have themselves in the education system as an employee or student. The author provided seven categories of questions about students, and public school teaching. Some facts that interested me was "an estimated 1.1 million school-age children were being schooled at home in 2003." The reading also stated that the 1.1 million children grew markedly since 1999. My thoughts was the 1.1 million students have grown up in what type of environment? I believe majority of families using home school for their children are from urban environment.
One interesting fact that I try to analysis was that whites and Asians having better test scores. I believe the majority of them do because most of them are in suburban schools. In suburban schools, students get more updated books and other latest resources to learn than the urban/ inner city students do. Another interested fact is that "more than one-third of public school students are from low-income families." No matter how badly the environment is, we can see how public schools help and benefits students. It tells the student that they have the opportunity to learn an grow even if there family income is below poverty level.
-Kristina
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