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llrsL, ls Lhere really a publlc educaLlon crlsls ln Amerlca? 1he answer Lo Lhe quesLlon seems Lo be an
emphaLlc ?es!"" (1aylor, 2013, p.1)
When Lhe LesL scores of Amerlcan sLudenLs are separaLed by lncome level, Lhe Lrue dlfference and Lhe
real problems wlLh publlc educaLlon ln Lhe u.S. become clear." (1aylor, 2013, p.1)
ln schools wlLh less Lhan 10 percenL of sLudenLs dependenL on subsldlzed lunch programs, Amerlcan
sLudenLs placed ln Lhe Lop flve ln boLh maLh and sclence." (1aylor, 2013, p.1)
WhaL makes people Lhlnk LhaL Lechnology ls Lhe soluLlon Lo our publlc educaLlon woes?" (1aylor, 2013,
p.1)
Speaklng of havlng Lechnology ln Lhe llves of chlldren, dld you know LhaL young people 8 Lo 18 years old
spend, on average, more Lhan 7.3 hours of Lhelr non-school day ln fronL of screens?" (1aylor, 2013, p.2)

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1hls arLlcle addresses Lhe crlsls ln Lhe Amerlcan educaLlonal sysLem as lL dlrecLly relaLes Lo Lhe economlc
dlvlslons. When looklng lnLo LesL scores and analyzlng Lhe daLa of Lhe sLudenL body per school dlsLrlcL, lL
brlngs forLh some lnLeresLlng flndlngs. ubllc schools LhaL are locaLed ln poverLy sLrlcken nelghborhoods
have lower LesL scores ln lnLernaLlonal ranklngs. Whereas, publlc schools LhaL are locaLed ln more
wealLhy nelghborhoods have hlgher LesL scores and score exLremely hlgher ln lnLernaLlonal ranklngs.
1hls shows a dlrecL correlaLlon beLween economlc dlvlslons and Lhere relaLlon Lo school dlsLrlcLs ln
Amerlca. SLudenLs who lack flnanclal sLablllLy are noL recelvlng Lhe same educaLlonal care as sLudenLs
who are flnanclally sLable. Pow can we flx Lhls problem? ln Lhe pursulL of flndlng a remedy for our
educaLlonal sysLem wlll LhaL remedy lnvolve Lechnology? 1echnology can be engaglng, exclLlng and fun
for sLudenLs buL LhaL doesn'L necessarlly solve Lhe problem. Lnsurlng educaLors are well Lralned and
passlonaLe abouL equallLy ln Lhe educaLlonal sysLem regardless of ones economlc sLaLus ls a greaL need.
1he average sLudenL spends over 7 hours per day ln fronL of some sorL of screen, so raLher Lhan addlng
addlLlonal screen Llme Lo Lhelr day, maybe a dlfferenL approach would be beLLer. 1he more we crowd
Lhem wlLh Lechnology Lhey are becomlng more and more under-developed ln lmporLanL skllls llke:
lnLerpersonal, creaLlve, cognlLlve, eLc. So, lnsLead of rushlng ouL Lo purchase an abundance of new
Lechnology for Lhe school dlsLrlcL look a llLLle blL deeper lnLo Lhe rooL of Lhe crlsls and sLarL Lhere.