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