What Is Urban Education
Urban education consists of schools in which the students who attend them are at-risk and share some common characteristics. ... These urban schools are less likely to be desirable to non-minority teachers and students due to poor school conditions, limited school resources, and increased student behavior problems. ... Not only are the students of urban schools more likely to be poor themselves, they are more likely to attend high poverty schools. ... Can urban schools be helped? ... School provides the stability and order that urban school children lack. ... Urban schools can educate these children regardless of the challenges they face in and out of school. ... The elimination of outside influences will result in a dramatic decrease in the hostile environments that exist in urban schools. ... I know from experience that regardless of the environment that urban students come from, they are capable of learning just as long as urban schools and educators provide a safe, loving environment that will promote student achievement.