User:Rachelrichardson01/sandbox

Topic: Inequalities in rural and inner-city education
I would be adding to a pre-existing page, specifically the section on academic achievement. The information on academic achievement touches on important topics, but the information can be fleshed out more to paint a better picture. There is also a lack of positive information regarding the achievement of these students. I feel a need to contribute to this content because it is important for the general public and educators to understand what is affecting the academic achievement of students in rural and inner-city areas.

Current state of the content on Wikipedia:

Inequalities in rural and inner city education: This is the page I would like to edit. It has a lot of useful information, but I feel that more can be added.

Educational Inequality: This page is closely related to the page that I wish to edit. A suggestion has been made that the two pages could be merged. But even if this is to happen there are still edits that should be made to the rural and inner-city inequalities page. The educational inequality page covers a lot of information on educational inequalities and is very dense. I can see how the inequalities found in rural and inner-city education could fit in as a subsection and add to the current content.

Overall, a person could gain a good understanding of educational inequality from the current content. But, due to the size of the main page, it would be easy to get lost if you were searching for specific information regarding what is affecting inner-city and rural students, so I can see the need for a sperate page that is more focused.

What needs to be done to create change for this topic?

More background information and sources should be added to the academic achievement section, I know from previous papers I have written that there is a nice amount of research in this area. For example, the section on grade level differences could use more information as there are only two points in the section and it only really talks about drop-out rates and the effects of socioeconomic status as the students ages. Overall, I want to add more information to the section by expanding on the subsections that are already there.