The Educational Disparity...

Access to the best possible education is a right all students should possess. For some students in Westchester County, this right can be harder to achieve than for others. This is mainly due to the fact that these children are of minority backgrounds and are the victims of inferior education, in both white and minority schools. In fact, only 63 students of minority heritages participate in Pelham Memorial High School (PMHS)’s honors or Advanced Placement (…

…of miles of each other, the schools in Westchester County vary from the elite to the pitiable. As we watch the children of minorities grow into adulthood, they will become the future of America. But, if they don’t receive the education they need now, how will they care for themselves, not to mention their children? America is hurting itself by putting its own children down, sealing their fate of a vacuous life of mediocrity.