TO THE EDITOR:
Many times it is easy for our country to recognize the strides that minorities take toward success.
In today’s America it is easy for us to glorify Martin Luther King Jr. and think of ourselves as a nation that has overcome. But have we truly?
In my eyes, our nation has a long way to go. Even more particular, a long way within the educational realm.
Though we like to think of ‘‘our” America as all inclusive and equal, our educational system tells a different story. A story that Teach for America is working to change.
Only 8 percent of kids growing up in low-income communities graduate from college by the age of 24.
By the end of high school, African American students’ reading and math skills are the same as those of white students in eighth grade.
This is not the America you may know but this is the America that we live in. This is not the America that Martin Luther King Jr. wanted. This is not his dream for our America. But you can make a change.
Change the statistics.
