User:Seanapplegate/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

 * Article title
 * Talk:Educational inequality in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article contains content that is all relevant to the topic. The article, while it focuses on a controversial topic, occupies a neutral position.  It focuses mostly on discrepancies within the US educational system, and draws on reliable sources.  By nature of the topic, there is great focused paid towards underrepresented populations, such as the history of African Americans and inequalities in education.


 * Sources
 * Reisel, Liza. “Two Paths to Inequality in Educational Outcomes: Family Background and Educational Selection in the United States and Norway.” Sociology of Education, vol. 84, no. 4, 2011, pp. 261–280. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23057047. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.
 * ohn et al. “Racial Stratification and Education in the United States : Why Inequality Persists.” (2009).

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Tutor


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article contains content that is relevant to the topic. The content ranges from relevant history of tutoring in different contexts, as well as its relevance today (COVID-19).  Because it is a less controversial topic, the article is written from a neutral perspective.  The citations range from a variety of perspectives, but contain reliable and well-informed sources.  There are references made to Wikipedia's equity gaps, specifically in the "Issues" and "Effects" sections.


 * Sources
 * Huang, Min-Hsiung. “After-School Tutoring and the Distribution of Student Performance.” Comparative Education Review, vol. 57, no. 4, 2013, pp. 689–710. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/671346. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Digital literacy


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article contains content that is relevant to the topic, and is written from a neutral perspective. There is a wide array of perspectives represented in the citations, and most seem to be up-to-date and relevant sources.  The article also addresses coverage of underrepresented populations, but more of this information would likely be found in the article: Digital divide.


 * Sources
 * “Digital Literacy.” Integrating Career Preparation into Language Courses, by Darcy Lear, Georgetown University Press, 2019, pp. 54–62. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv9b2tkx.8. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.
 * Murray, M. C., & Pérez, J. (2014). Unraveling the digital literacy paradox: How higher education fails at the fourth literacy. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 11, 85-100. Available http://iisit.org/Vol11/IISITv11p085-100Murray0507.pdf

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Achievement gaps in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is an extensive amount of relevant content within this article. There is an extensive and covered history of achievement gaps that the article draws upon greatly.  While a controversial topic, the article still maintains a neutral perspective in its writing.  The citations in the text are present to provide backing for claims on large demographics in the United States, and come from sources that are reliable and respected.  As per the nature of the topic, the article represents perspectives that are historically underrepresented, and spends a substantial amount of time dealing with issues of equity.


 * Sources
 * Sean F. Reardon. “School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement                     Gaps.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol. 2, no. 5, 2016, pp. 34–57. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.7758/rsf.2016.2.5.03. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.
 * Welner, Kevin G.. Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance. United States, Oxford University Press, 2013.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Public school funding in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is relevant enough content within the article, but it mostly revolves around statistics, and does little to expand on facts to place the issue of the topic within the specific context of the US. There is a maintained neutrality in the article, but there is room for the article to incorporate a more-developed synthesis of the information that the sources provide.  The citations in the article are from reputable sources, and provide reliable and easy-to-interpret information.  The "educational resource inequality" section tackles the issue of equity gaps, but more can be added to specify what forms of inequality are present.


 * Sources
 * Verstegen, Deborah A., and Robert C. Knoeppel. “From Statehouse to Schoolhouse: Education Finance Apportionment Systems in the United States.” Journal of Education Finance, vol. 38, no. 2, 2012, pp. 145–166. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23353970. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.
 * Sielke, Catherine C. “Funding School Infrastructure Needs Across the States.” Journal of Education Finance, vol. 27, no. 2, 2001, pp. 653–662. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20764025. Accessed 12 Nov. 2020.