McKinley's Blog

In today's schools, history is one of the main subjects learned, but the way it is taught is not always correct. Although curriculum violence can occur in a lot of subjects in school, I feel that history is the main subject that it happens in. For example, when slavery is talked about in schools, teachers just throw the word around and talk about it like it was just another event in everyday life. This is inconsiderate because topics such as slavery can have a lot of emotion and even trauma behind it. As educators, we need to be aware and empathetic because we do not know every single student's background in depth enough to know what topics will trigger them emotionally. In an article titled "Ending Curriculum Violence" written by Stephanie P. Jones, a student states "what happened to me that day in school was not a type of violence involving physical harm but rather a type of emotional destruction legitimized as teaching". This shows how teachers must be ca

Segregation within schools has been a problem in America for far too long. It is an issue that tends to be downplayed by the government. The government will continue to sit here and say that segregation within schools no longer exists, but it is more than obvious that is still absolutely exists. I, as well as many others, can say that we have personally witnessed segregation happen within schools. Many people think segregation does not exist anymore simply because they do not see it with their own eyes, but this is not the case. Segregation still happens whether people are willing to acknowledge and address it or not and it happens for more reasons than people think. It can occur because of race, sexuality, gender, and many other things. In an article titled "Schools are still segregated, and black children are paying a price" written by Emma Garcia, she states "in high-poverty schools with a high share of students of color, black students scored on average 20 points les

This is a very controversial question but is long overdue to be addressed and changed. This is an issue that has gone on far too long and although the government has claimed that it has been addressed, it is obvious that it has not been fixed even in the slightest. The way that the government splits up funding between school districts simply does not make sense and is not fair to students. School districts in low-income areas are not receiving near enough funding to give students a fair and appropriate education while school districts in higher income areas are receiving more than enough money when most school districts in high-income areas already have more than what they need to give their students a great education. This brings into question: is it really about the money or is there something else that is being unfairly factored into play? In an article titled "Separate and Unequal: School Funding in 'Post-racial' America", the author states "72 percent of bla