... equal education opportunities. My experience as a classroom teacher tells me this is not the case. In a school that has a distinct socio-economic disparity, where a contingent arrives at school each morning driving new cars – it's not uncommon to see a BMW or new SUV in the student lot – and another arrives by bus, students are offered the same curricular and extra ... economy relied on manufacturing, industry required workers who could perform simple, repetitive tasks requiring little or no education; it was not in manufacturers' best interest to cultivate an educated work force. I...

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