Urban Schools

In the piece, “The Promise of Urban Schools”, many issues were brought up about the urban schools and communities that were very interesting. For example, the Senior Fellows in Urban Education states (2000) that “The community must have a role in their development and implementation, and urban schools and districts must have the resources and offer the opportunities to learn so that students can meet the standards.” (p. 6). Students that attend urban schools are usually from low income families and these families do not have the money to pay the taxes that could pay for better recourses in the schools. Due to this, these urban schools have a disadvantage to meet the high standards that the students in suburban or rural area meet with all the recourses needed.
This is where we, the teachers play an enormous role in education. It is our job to do everything we can to help these kids succeed. It is our duty to make a lesson so interesting that these kids can learn without all the recourses that all the other schools have. We have to put in the extra time to help these students. We have to understand our students and understand where they are coming from and what there lives are like and put it into perspective. By doing this, we can teach in a way that these kids can relate to the topic and research it be successful in the real world that they live in.