User:Natalieychu/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Educational Equity
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article begins with a neutral introduction and defines educational equity in two parts: inclusion and fairness. It also mentions the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals which establishes quality education as a direct correlation to quality of life. There are relevant divisions of race, gender, and income as some core demographics to consider when discussing access to education. Some of the sources are outdated, not all focus on the US education (there is some international discussion), and some sources include newspaper editorials, including from New York Times and The Economist.
 * My main concentration would be centered in the American Educational System, possibly submitting a new subsection that is specific to US/North America. Because the article mentions racial equity at a global scale, there are less specific conversations on racial tensions, injustices, and local histories that are particular to a region.
 * Sources:
 * Interdisciplinary Understanding of Educational Equity
 * Why Black Lives (and Minds) Matter: Race, Freedom Schools & the Quest for Educational Equity
 * Interdisciplinary Understanding of Educational Equity
 * Why Black Lives (and Minds) Matter: Race, Freedom Schools & the Quest for Educational Equity

Option 2

 * No Child Left Behind Act
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article seems to have a neutral tone/discussion and begins by addressing the specifics of the federal law. There are important and relevant subsections such as school accountability, funding, test scores, and outcomes. I think that the crucial sections of this article are the outcomes section for minority students including students with disabilities. There is substantial research with reliable resources in each of those sections but could benefit from more discussion on the specific, nuanced experiences of impacted minority student groups.
 * My concentration of revisions would be centered around both the sociological, individual experiences of minority student groups based on NCLB and also impacted systems based on this federal law.
 * Sources:
 * Measuring Academic Proficiency under the No Child Left behind Act: Implications for Educational Equity
 * Unlearning NCLB
 * Measuring Academic Proficiency under the No Child Left behind Act: Implications for Educational Equity
 * Unlearning NCLB

Option 3

 * School segregation in the United States
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article makes a neutral yet clear argument for connection between US school segregation and achievement gap between minority students and their white counterpart. The subsections cover the specifics of historical and residential segregation as it relates to modern-day inequities. There are significant and reliable sources utilized in the article relating to history, education, and racial injustice. The edits that I would make include in-depth discussions on the history of redlining and discriminatory zoning/housing policies that then affects entire school systems and individual learning outcomes, particularly for minority students.
 * Sources
 * School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps
 * Within-School Segregation in an Urban School District
 * School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps
 * Within-School Segregation in an Urban School District

Still Separate, Still Unequal: The Relation of Segregation in Neighborhoods and Schools to Education Inequality