During this article, Sarah Carr, and education reporter, discusses some of the similarities of school systems in the United States and in China. In the United States, most us view private schools as superior to public schools. However, in China, most people view public schools as superior. There are several things the United States and Chinese school systems have in common. For instance, in both school systems there are high levels of inequality and segregation. In the United States, these injustices are largely based on racial and class lines. For example, minority students are more likely to attend highly segregated schools. These schools often have a lack of resources and their teachers are likely to be inexperienced. This is also evident in Chinese education system, except to a much higher degree. In China, a student’s birthplace and geography equal their educational destiny. When Sarah Carr visited China to report on the country’s education of migrant children living in Beijing, many individuals in each country asked her which country’s education system was “better.”
It distresses me to know that many children attending school are treated with inequality, and looked down upon daily, and that most people don’t even pay attention to that. Instead, people are more interested in competing for a superior school system. Both the United States and the China need to come to the realization that both nations are excelling and are fortunate. But, instead of trying to be the “better” nation when it comes to education, each nation should begin to think about the inequality and segregation students are facing in their schools. Children/students should all be treated equally in their schools, no matter what their race, ethnicity, or class lines. Each child needs to receive a quality education, and this is what we need to focus on.
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