Should Rezoning be done to Achieve Better Integrated Schools?
The writing format and the text are in the attachment
Topic:
The reading assignments for the week of April 17 include a NY Times article on rezoning on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Do you agree with efforts to rezone neighborhoods to achieve better integration of schools? Why or why not? How does the history of desegregation policy inform your opinion?
Your essay should be about 5 pages, include a clear thesis, a set of arguments that reference course themes and readings, a discussion based in the historical context, and a clear conclusion.
Due Day: Before 7 pm on April 24th (New York Time)
Topic:
The reading assignments for the week of April 17 include a NY Times article on rezoning on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Do you agree with efforts to rezone neighborhoods to achieve better integration of schools? Why or why not? How does the history of desegregation policy inform your opinion?
Your essay should be about 5 pages, include a clear thesis, a set of arguments that reference course themes and readings, a discussion based in the historical context, and a clear conclusion.
Due Day: Before 7 pm on April 24th (New York Time)
Writing level: trump card
The link to the "The New York Times Article":
https://www(dot)nytimes(dot)com/2016/11/10/nyregion/rezoning-plan-for-3-upper-west-side-schools-will-proceed-city-says.html?_r=0
And the attachments below are important to write this essay, and they have to be included in the essay (readings and Power Point which covered in class)
First of all, this paper is an opinion paper, but it is based on/ should include some historical information in the readings (PPT I sent you).
The first Paragraph is an introduction paragraph
-First, setting up the context, provide some background information in order to better present the thesis of the essay
-It has to include my thesis argument of this paper. Professor requires an argumentative essay since it is much stronger. And you can engage and then dismantle the arguments of “the other side.”
-And for the latter paragraphs, each paragraph should have a topic sentence, which is to support the thesis argument in different aspects.
-And the last paragraph should be similar to the first paragraph. Restate the statement (a little bit different from the first paragraph), and talk about the modern status of education or other important information.
Please use this link (http://www(dot)chicagomanualofstyle(dot)org/tools_citationguide.html) as your guide for the Chicago Manual of Style. Use the footnotes format, or what they call "Notes"; it is the only version of Chicago style that puts the author's first name, first. It is an easy two points to get--and a really easy point to lose.
¡Sources: sources from beyond class are welcome, but they should be minimal.
–Balance quoting and paraphrasing accordingly: this distinction is what leads to well-developed arguments.
¡Argument: make sure your thesis and conclusion line up! Your conclusion, ideally, should be a bit of a twist.
–Think through what makes for a great argument: engaging with a counterargument, and usually nuance.
¡Organization: outline if that is comfortable, but use the “pencil test” to make sure your ideas connect and build on one another.
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Should Rezoning be done to Achieve Better Integrated Schools?
Introduction
Segregation is the way separation ethnic groups, race, and religion from the general population. Desegregation involves government initiated techniques of regrouping these groups or disorganizing the social groupings. This is a major issue in the united sates, especially in New York. Report shows that New York earns dismissingly poor marks for diversity as the worst racial segregated state and city in the US. Most charter school report poor enrolment while most schools dominated by Blacks and Hispanic children report zero number in white kids’ attendance. This evidence is support by 2010 report that shows less than 1% white kids attend these schools in an approximately 73%. According to the US Department of Education statistics report of 2011-2012, New York boasts the poorest mark with Blacks in minority schools recording the highest percentage, 64.6% and 16.7% for Black exposure to white kids’ ratio. The state is also rated 3rd for poor ration of Blacks in majority of white school, 0.2% higher than 2nd placed Texas. The suburbs of New York record a low percentage of Black and White exposure 28.5% of and Latino versus white exposure of 24.7% and slightly higher Asian versus white exposure of 44.3%. This is record low percentage for suburbs of large metropolitans such as New York. Therefore, segregation is a national issue that needs immediate intervention from the government through desegregation (1391).
Background of the Study
In November 2016, an elected council of parents in the Upper West of Manhattan voted for major redrawing of school zone in Upper West Side of Manhattan. This committee matched the earlier given proposals by the Department of Education. The department had already drawn elementary boundaries for schools in the Upper Side of Manhattan in an effort to minimize crowding and increase economic as well as racial integration in the area served by the three schools. The debate had taken a year only to end November after the voting, but this does not actually mark the end of the most heated controversy in the State. The new rectification by the department of education that lead to new school mapping or boundaries angered majority of the parents who threatening to abandon the city’s tradition public schools for various reasons. The department faces political pressure to abandon the plan but it emerged that they will continue with the plan. This paper will explore the benefits and limitations of the proposed desegregation plan, how the desegregation can change our opinions and why we should embrace the proposed desegregation policy (21).
It is Necessary Rezoning in order to Better Integrated Schools
Desegregation policy proposed has been opposed by both parents and political figures in the New York State. They have given their argumentation in which they have threatened to take to court or quit the place if their opinion for the abandonment of the Desegregation policy is not considered. First, several parents argue that they bought into those zones and they are forced out. It is wrong to force people out of their preferred areas of resident, by eliminating a factor they considered vital in their decisions (87). People right of choice should be respected and protected. Secondly, it should be noted that Blacks and Whites or even Caucasians should are not defined by color. The Department Education should have taken a broader approach beyond racial basis. District three has been relatively diverse while recording an increased number of white families who have decided to stay there and hence increased number of white students (22). This policy represents a missed opportunity while gentrifying parts of a city not considering how willingly more white parents are moving in and encouraging diversity learning for their children. There is a lot that could be done to tackle the problem, but it will take a more visionary leadership to get the right direction. The Desegregation Policy is also said to be a blind move because it did not consider the opinion of the majority of the public. The policy is based on a closure of a single school recorded very low enrollment of population and this is not a sufficient reason to disturb public alignment. Harlem parents were not happy as they piled accusations to both the Council of Parents and the Department of Education for treating their opinions as afterthought. Lastly, even at its best, the boundaries will not work as intended in District 3 which has a record low student pop...