The Problem With Our Schools

Schools have often felt the pressure to adhere to every single responsibility for their students, such as coordinating houses for homeless students, home-visiting programs, teaching children awareness of drug epidemics, gun violence, rape, and many other responsibilities that have been pushed onto schools instead of the parents of students. At the end of the day, the purpose of schools is to provide a safe place for children to learn. 

Marginalized students are students that have been labeled, left out, discriminated against, or placed in a group because of their differences. The achievement gap comes from the fact that they lack the opportunity to "fit in" because of racism, sexism, or other forms of discrimination that occur in school, therefore this children are not given the same opportunities as their classmates who don't face the same discrimination. This doesn't mean that anything is wrong with these students but rather that they've been labeled by the majority and forced into a group because of what makes them different from everyone else. Instead of ignoring the marginalized groups in our schools and forcing people to feel shameful about their differences, we should bring light to what makes us all different from each other and recognize that it doesn't have to be something that we hide from. We all are unique and none of us is perfectly like anyone else and that's what makes each of us special. In schools we should continue to celebrate the cultures and backgrounds of our students and allow them to feel proud of their heritage and where they come from.