Blog Post #=3

 "What counts as an Education Policy"

Connection

What counts as an Education Policy by Jean Anyon. To start I would like to clarify that I utilized CHATGPT to provide me with a brief overview of the general topic of Anyon's paper, and used that overview on top of my initial reading to make these connections. The exact prompt i used was, "give me a overview of "What counts as education policy" by anyon". 

In our blog post we read through and analyzed, The Broken Model by Khan. This describes the 'normalcy' of the United States and things we count as normal, are moreso things that have been ingrained in our society for generations and as a result have become the 'normal'. What counts as an Education Policy - while not diving into 'normalcy' in the United States - I feel analyze, and approach some of the same topics. It talks about adjusting our current education policys to benefit the real needs of the students, and their families and that these needs are not one dimensional. In The Broken Model it analyzes how this normalcy and being stuck in our ways effect students, because learning is not one size fits all. Anyon talks similarily about applying equity in our schools, versus equality - while beneficial - like Khan said one size does not fit all. During week one, we read through Priviledge, Power and Difference it analyzes the power of priviledge, and how priviledge is in our society - and many people, especially people who are male and white dont quite realize this priviledge. The same logic, can be applied to school systems where we see some of the most struggle is in city schools where the income of families is arguable lower. Schools that benefit from rich neighborhoods are argueably more priviledged then a school that has lower income families in its vacinity because they recieve less funding. A school in a higher funded district may purchase new ipads for all of their student to utilize and not think twice of this use of budget, but a school in a lower income area may have one or two computer carts for their whole entire building. There is a clear difference of money, and priviledge present.