Public Education

High SES

Middle SES :

Low SES

Facilities and Materials

Teacher Quality

Well paid = low turn over

Plenty of supplies

Funds for professional development

High Content Knowledge

Functioning and well maintained

Beautiful, low stress environment

More likely to be Certified

Demeanor

Willing to let students control

Requests/negotiation instead of orders

Polite, professional

Tempo

Bathroom breaks

Learning

How to complete tasks

Students

Well fed with good health

Less behavioral problems, violence

Basic needs met

More housing stability

Libraries, Art rooms, Science Labs, Music

New textbooks

Classroom Supplies

Library Books

Elective supplies

Cafeteria Offerings

Facilities and Materials

Students

Teacher Quality

Curriculum

Demeanor

Less opportunities for professional development

Low pay = high turnover

Less likely to be certified

Lower proportion with content knowledge

Less experience

More experience

More likely to use innovative/research backed practices

Less awareness of best practices

Teacher control of everything

Orders instead of requests

Treating students as subordinates

Insufficient supplies

Non functional, poorly maintained

Bleak, stressful environment

No space for extras

No supplies for electives

Older textbooks

Low classroom supplies

Older library books

Less nutritious, appetizing cafeteria offerings

Supplies

Teacher needs to control to prevent loss

Libraries

Science Labs

Art

Music

Basic needs may not be met

Unresolved health issues

May not be fed

Less housing stability

Curriculum

Expectations

Academic success

High earning, skilled professions

Top quality products of learning

Self control

Rigorous course offerings

International Baccalaureate

Pre-AP and AP

Electives

Methodology

Concepts over rote memorization

Agreement of students over right/wrong

Situations of Authority

Small class sizes, low teacher to student ratio

Content Focus

Analysis

Decision making

Relevant to real world

Methodology

Content Focus

Fewer course offerings

Expectations

Large class sizes, high teacher to student ratio

Rote memorization

Certain right/wrong answers, obtained from authority figures

Follow the rules, no autonomy

Mechanical behaviors over concepts

Fragmented pieces of knowledge

Facts over ideas

Low level things

Higher level thinking

Academic failure

Low earning, unskilled jobs

No accountability on quality

No self control

Facilities

Students

Teacher quality

Curriculum

More like High SES

More like Low SES

Supplies

Spaces

Well maintained, functional

Less expansive

Less greenery

Content Knowledge

In between High and Low SES, mixed populations

Pay/Turnover

Demeanor

Certification

In between High/Low percentages

In between High/Low percentages

In between High/Low percetages

More student control than teacher

Mix of orders and requests

Polite, more endearments

Methodology

Middle Course offerings, but more like High SES

Content

Middle class sizes and ratios

Expectations

Looking for quality, but not as high as High SES

Academic Success

Students have some self control

MIddle class jobs, semiskilled or skilled professions

Mid level content

Connections over rote memorization, but still not deep thinking

Connections between school topics, but not as connected to real world as high SES

Right/wrong, answers come from textbook or literature

Right answers = good grades

Creative expression

Process is most important

High quality preschool

Low quality or no preschool

More behavioral issues, violence