Our schools consist of two major types of schools- public and private. While a very small percentage are home schooled, the majority fit into the two main divisions. Our schools are a combination of economic status, as well as racial and ethnic background. These factors, over the years, have become deeply influential in the success of the school. Although the schools receive funding from different branches of the government, the largest amount of funding comes from the local and state institutions. In short, the higher the property taxes are, the more funding will be received. The government has prescribed the curriculum guidelines that determine whether you have completed the standard educational level.


The students are a direct correlation to the diversity present in our country. While most public schools are generally white, that is not true across the board for specific districts toward urban areas. In more urban areas, the statistics seem to be reversed. For example, in Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles its 91% students of color. On the the other hand, 57% are generally white. While this may or may not affect the educational goals, it is pertinent in the overall evaluation of our schools because it directly relates to income.


Unlike our incredible diversity of our student body, our teachers force is homogeneous. Teachers in our country are a whopping 90% white, and dividing that further into 79% female. This directly effects the influence on our student and the presentation of cultural diversity in education. Nonetheless, in schools with higher poverty levels, there is a 20% turnover rate, which altogether are the main reasons for teacher shortages. Thirty-three percent of these teachers will leave within their first three years of teaching. In turn, in the higher poverty schools the teachers are newer and inexperienced. To repair this issue, salaries have become a persuasive form of gearing teachers toward these schools.