User:Kfranks15/Educational inequality in the United States

Women education
In America gender inequalities is one of the factors that contribute to inequalities in America. Decades ago women were not allowed to get education only men were allowed to. Many people, especially men, thought women belonged at home in the kitchen and men deserved to be out working and getting an education. Now this day in age you see more women in education than men. Men are more likely to go straight into the workforce after high school or enlist in the military.According to UN Women "Women make up more than two-thirds of the world's 796 million illiterate people." UN womens point is that more than half of the women living are illiterate because they are not getting the right education. In recent decades the area of discrimination of gender has changed so much. There are many people out there that think one major or degree is only for men or is a manly degree. For example engineering, many people think that is just for men but there are women out there breaking this gender barrier by going into engineering. Another example is how nursing or any healthcare major is only for women, but there are men out there getting nursing degrees. Richard V. Reeves and Ember Smith have stated In 1970, just 12% of young women (ages 25 to 34) had a bachelor’s degree, compared to 20 percent of men — a gap of eight  percentage points. By 2020, that number had risen to 41 percent for women but only to 32 percent for men — a nine percentage–point gap, now going the other way. Another factor contributing is pay wage. Some men are getting payed more than women when they have the same job or vise-versa. There is still a struggle to find women education due to education they have had previously, health status, race, and their social-economic status. Teaching women will help solve not only global issues such as bankruptcy, but health, hunger, and social class standings. If women aren't getting the right education it shortages opportunities for women to enter the work force. As Shannon Courtney puts "Women make up half of the world’s population; however, they are robbed of fundamental human rights such as the right to receive education worldwide." Shannons point is so many women are robbed in education, because people think women don't need the education and they should just stay at home cook, and take care of the children. University World News puts "female enrollment in higher education has tripled globally between 1995 and 2018." They also state that Women’s choice of studies is often still influenced by cultural barriers, such as the perception of STEM as a male discipline. In contrast, education, health, arts, humanities and social sciences tend to see an over-representation of women. It is very well known that girls appear to do better not only in school but grade and english wise.It has been shown that 75% of girls are intending to get a bachelors degree, and then there is 42% intending to get a masters degree or doctorate degree. Throughout the past century women have slowly made their way to into the male dominated degrees. Business, engineering, science, architecture, law, and agriculture, are just a few degrees women are getting into. Shannon Courtney also states that "Poverty is also a significant factor indicating accessibility to educational institutions for women and girls." Women with a good education are provided with social interaction, knowledge, and accomplish professional goals, tools for daily challenges, and leadership in the community. It also helps build their self confidence as well. With that being said women deserve to have the same rights as a mans education.

Working Class Inequality
Inequality in education is focused mostly on the working classes. Sadly, certain races were at a disadvantage when it came to getting a degree. “The life chances of an individual are more dependent on the income and education of his parents than in other countries.” This means that if a child grew up with wealthy parents, chances are he/she is going to have a successful future in school. If a child grew up with parents who had little to no money, he/she has a lower chance of getting a good education. Furthering education is important for those students who want to become better and make good money. However, if those students grew up poor and had parents with little to no education then it could cause an issue. Today, we have loans and grants to help the lower income students, but it does not mean every child would be able to still attend college. College is hard to afford for the middle-class community too. Especially with prices always going up in the country. Other countries may have it easier when it comes to furthering their education. For example, median Black/White income gaps vary, but the household income when compared is greater than Black household income. In 2018, nationally, Black households earned 61 cents per $1 of White household income. Another example would be the city of Chicago. Chicago is a city in Illinois. It is a very diverse city, so much so that the average income for a Black household is 63% of average White household income. This issue then led to racial economic inequality. “In 67% of the tracts where at least half of both Black and white populations held college degrees, white residents typically made more than Black residents in 2018. In Chicago, there are more white residents than Black who have received a college degree. This explains most of income inequality by race. It is unfair to those of different races who receive degrees and do not get the same amount of pay, but it is even more unfair for the colleges to not accept those of color into a college. For the statistics to show this big of a difference shows that today’s world is still full of racial inequality. Both in schools and in the real world.

Racial Inequality
Working class inequalities ties in with racial inequality. “While incomes and employment rates for Whites, particularly White men, continue to be significantly higher than those of Blacks and Latinos, it is important to recognize that economic inequality is a problem that affects all racial and ethnic groups”. Noguera mentioned in the article that by the year 2043 the nation will soon become a minority-majority nation. This means that most of the population will not be White and instead a mix of the different races. Since this is being predicted, there is a chance we, the people, can rule out racial inequality. There are different areas in the country where there are more colored people than white. For example, Maryland is populated with a mix between colored and White. Since they have more diverse schools, they do not get a lot of racial inequality. However, Maryland’s poverty gap had low levels compared to other states. In some areas of the United States, sometimes cities are set into two groups. For example, there is an area where the low-income people live and an area where the high-income people live. An example of this would be in California. There are many cities including Los Angeles, whose city is set into different levels of income. An example of this would be Crenshaw, Los Angeles.