| The purpose of this article is to expose the | | | | toward African Americans and Hispanics. History has |
| government's effort to better school systems in the | | | | shown that the government is trying very hard to |
| United States of America. Though the government | | | | better the school systems through implementing |
| faces its challenges, the positive stride to better the | | | | reforms and alternative funds to help better the |
| school through reforms is overwhelming. For many | | | | school system in every subject. This research is to |
| years schools in wealthy neighborhoods had the | | | | bring forth the positive effect of the reforms to |
| advantage over schools in poor neighborhoods when | | | | better students by providing each of them the |
| comparing educational levels. Therefore, there has | | | | equality to learn regardless of their background or |
| been a sense of urgency on the government's side | | | | their socioeconomic status. The reforms are to force |
| to close the gap between schools in wealthy | | | | the schools to act and rely on the resources proved |
| neighborhoods and schools in poor neighborhoods. | | | | by the federal, local, and state government. The |
| The goal is not to improve schools in one major area | | | | problem is that not enough good is being said about |
| of the United States, or to improve school subjects. | | | | the efforts by the government to better the school |
| The goal is to improve schools everywhere in the | | | | system. Instead many have criticized every reform. |
| United States of America. | | | | Though there is no such thing as perfect reforms, |
| Through many years, the government has tried to | | | | but the good outweighs the bad. The research will |
| form reforms that will better schools in low income | | | | briefly mention some of the major changes in school |
| areas. The federal government has passed laws that | | | | financing to show the government efforts to help |
| forced local government to better schools through | | | | close the achievement gap between students in low |
| their districts regardless of the school and district | | | | income areas and students in high income areas. |
| sizes. There have been funds available for schools to | | | | A very high percentage of students who live in low |
| improve in many areas such as math, science, and | | | | income areas are African Americans. This is due to |
| reading. Also, teachers are given incentives to teach | | | | the history of this country's segregation. African |
| in low income areas to help improve students' test | | | | Americans were not allowed to learn to read or have |
| scores. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) not only | | | | anything to do with books. Also, African Americans |
| challenges schools to better their teachers and | | | | were forced to live together as a culture and were |
| students, but the federal government has put | | | | put in a position of working low wage jobs. These |
| pressure on themselves to better the school system | | | | are the reasons why we have a high percentage of |
| overall. | | | | African American who lives in low income areas. |
| People have been focused on the negative aspect of | | | | Therefore, there is now an achievement gap among |
| government reforms to better the school systems in | | | | students who live in low income areas and students |
| the United States. The government has been heavily | | | | in high income areas. The government is now trying |
| criticized for practicing bias in the school systems | | | | to do their best to close the achievement gap. |