A Field Trip to a Strange New Place: Second Grade Vistis the Parking Garage

While reading this article, I was shocked to read that "By age 4, the average child in an upper-middle-class family has heard 35 million more words than a poor child." I never realized there was such a huge difference. Another quote I was surprised by was "about two-thirds of kindergartners from the wealthiest 20 percent of households are read to at home every day, about a third of children form the poorest 20 percent are." This just goes to show you that there is a gap in our student's education.

I thought this article was really good. It just goes to show you that children can learn outside of the classroom. Sometimes, to bridge the gap of them understanding something, they need to be able to see it or touch it. I think this is a great way to show different ways to teach.

Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say - Response

    While reading this article, it was shocking to realize how the big the gap is between students that have more money compared to the students that do not have much. It has always been there, but as the article says it is continuing to grow. This is a problem that needs to have a solution. I think it is great that they acknowledge that there the gap, but my question is how are we going to fix it?

    In the end I agree with this article. Just giving the low income family money is not going to fix the problem with the gap. The families need to understand that continuing their education is what can help them. Yes, some people can make more money without a college degree, but it can help out tremendously if you do have a degree.