Problem
For well over 20 years, scholars have researched disparities in educational institutions. Present a compelling post on the following questions:
i. What evidence supports that students' experience of educational inequity (of any kind - economic, racial/ethnic, gendered, abled, healthy/unhealthy, etc.) is not coincidental?
ii. Offer one critique of how deficit models of learning operate in American educational institutions. How might that model countered through a pedagogy of empowerment? Be specific.
iii. As a social institution, how is education in conversation with the "American Dream"?
Make sure to incorporate relevant terms and conceptual frameworks. Feel free to include personal experiences.