Abstract:
These 30 years seemed to house the most dramatic and tense changes in schools mostly because of Brown Vs The Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act. These laws examined the rights of African American citizens to find that their children had a right to an education equal to that of white children. It was with these laws that other minority groups decided to petition congress for their rights to a fair education. Thus there were changes in education for women, ESL students, students with disabilities and other minority groups. These changes required schools to give equal opportunities to all, thus giving more people the ability to succeed at school and later on in life. However, it also put a strain on communities where integration wasn't so easy.
Reflection:
It seems very common sense to me that all students should be given an equal opportunity to get an education. I suppose that is a part of what the school system wanted children to learn. It seems like a foreign idea to me to even consider keeping someone out of a school or out of a class based on skin color, gender or differences in ability. I am glad that these laws have been passed to protect the rights of people who in the past didn't have those opportunities that I have now. The bus thing that came up at the end of the film did seem a little silly to me though. Those schools weren't keeping students of other races or ethnicities out of their schools, there just didn't happen to be a lot of difference in their region. In that case I think there were many other solutions that should have been attempted. Our schools should be diverse because it helps us all be better, more understanding and respectful people.
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