The Pros And Cons Of Urban School Reform

Urban schools in New York City have been criticized for many failures in the last past years. Failures such as low achievement, disconnection between students and teachers, poor teaching methods, inappropriate conduct, lack of security, and lack of motivation from students as well as from teachers. To improve these issues, few changes have been implemented such as the metal detectors. The effectiveness of these changes is been questioned. But the best way to see the effectiveness, it’s by looking at the school’s progress. Most schools are still failing, which clearly means that the new methods are not working out. These unsuccessful adjustments lead to a possibility for a reform in the school system. The reform would have to consider changes not only from the system itself, but also the areas that surround the school. Therefore, it is not reasonable to expect that urban schools can be reformed without changing the political economy of urban areas. The reasons why it cannot be reformed is because the political economy determines the amount of resources available, generate a lot of violence, and creates teenagers who will be pursued to the “code of the streets”. When it comes to change, it always works better starting from the outside to the

When kids are raised on this setting, where they see informal rules as the norm, they become familiar with it and see it as inspirational (Anderson, 1994). Inspirational in the sense that they see these adults that don’t work, but still survive and have money to spend. Therefore they might come to the conclusion that school is not necessary. Neighbors can have an impact on students’ views when it comes to their future. A good neighborhood promotes the importance of education because instead of students observing alcohol consumption in the streets and drug use, they will be motivated by neighbors that have stable jobs as result of achieving a