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Instruction
Write an essay addressing the question, “Are schools fair? What does fairness in schooling look like?”
Paper topics: choose one
1. How does special education status, race, and gender intersect to produce unfairness in schools? What can be done to increase fairness for doubly (or triply) marginalized populations?
2. Sexism and gender stereotypes in schools perpetuate unfairness in education?
Your essay should be about 3-4 pages long, double spaced, 12 font, Times New Roman, one-inch margin and use a citation style.
Grading Criteria
Does the paper have a clear and specific point of view? Does it answer the main question of the unit? Does it consider alternative answers?
does the author use evidence to argue a point of view (but not just summarize data)? Evidence must include all three forms: at least one primary source from the documentary readings, at least one other source, and at least one quotation from class.
Is the paper clear and well written?
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Running Head: SCHOOL FAIRNESS
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SCHOOL FAIRNESS
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Race, gender, and education status intersection produce unfairness in school. In the
American education system, fairness is an illusion. People might think there is fairness in
African-Americans, Whites, people of other races, and gender attending the same schools, using
the same curriculum and sitting for the same ACT and SAT exams. Nonetheless, all these are but
illusion in a system that is deeply flawed and lacking any form of fairness. This is as a result of
different races, gender, and special education status.
Of the many reasons why people might think the school system is fair is having the
student attend the same school and study the same curriculum. In the fight to abolish segregation,
African-Americans fought to have their children attend the same school, use the same
curriculum, and sit the same standardized test. It was all done with the aim of creating fairness
and equality between people of different races and gender so that people would feel...