Needed Change

As education continues to grow we continue to see the idea that some students are better than others. From the early 1900’s were we were just struggling to get schools and have all realize the importance that being educated carries. Now looking into the mid to late 1900’s we know see a growing struggle for the now important education to reached by all students. For the average white student all was well they were in safe schools with better textbooks and an overall better educational experience available. For students of color this was not so. The building were in very poor shape, the materials used were not of the highest quality. In the south African American students were not looked at as the same and were not treated well. Operating under the false idea of separate but equal the colored students were treated and educated as if they were not deserving of a high quality education. African American students were not the only ones feeling the sting, Mexican American and Chinese American students also were not treated the same. They were treated like they were not as good because they were not the same. It was not until Brown v. Board that the idea that keeping students separate is not allowing them an equal opportunity at a quality education. The period of the mid to late 90’s was very fluid in change. Title IX was put in place to give equal opportunities to more women, civil rights leaders were pushing for all to be treated as equals as the deserve to be. This period in time is vital to get to the place in education that we are at today but I do not feel they are done. Education is continuing to grow and become more available and effective for all students. It is and always will be important to remember that separate is not equal in any way or extent.