Unequal Education Movie

In today's class we had to watch a movie titled "Unequal Education." It was about two schools in New York City, both were junior high schools, but the similarities stopped there. One school was in the heart of the city deep in the ghetto. The other school school 141 was in a nice suburban part of the same city. The school located in the ghetto lacked adequate teachers, funding, materials. Everything was a struggle for these kids and the teachers that were trying to teach. Many would not turn in homework, or disrupt class. Many kids are failing in this type of environment. Teachers are not wanting to teach at these schools so teachers that are not qualified in the area that they are teaching take over. In the movie they had a dance teacher teaching science. A dance teacher teaching science... Really? But the other school was a complete 180. This school had adequate equipment, microscopes a field for phys-ed, instruments. This school was well staffed with many teachers wanting to teach at this school. The difference in education was amazing. The one little boy named Lonnie didn't even want to go back to that school, knowing he would either fail or drop out. That is truly disturbing when a child in the 8th grade knows he isn't going to make it and wants to drop out. There were many questions this movie raised, and this movie even if it was made when we were quite young. The message it sends still hits home. Something has to be done, but the question is what?