Quality Education
By: Robert Kelly What is the real issue with a lack of universal access to quality education? What steps need to be taken to solve this issue? Have you ever stopped to think about the implications of non-universal access to quality education? By definition, Education facilitates learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, habits, and personal understanding. Education or knowledge is the key to unlocking a bright future. However, factors such as socioeconomic status leave a few community members locked out, trapped in a cycle of disadvantage. Naturally, education is a basic human right, so what can we do to ensure that everyone has the ability to exercise this right? First, it is vital that we understand that in addition to larger inequities throughout society and in our school system, there are also covert disparities present. However, before we discuss what those inequalities look like, let's learn about the history of our current education systems...