Interdisciplinary approaches to social science

Education System and Stratification in the U.S. Society

M4, D1: Education and Ethnic Minorities

The education process is a continuous process, right from birth till death. Education entails the efforts of societal members to teach beliefs, way of life, theories that involve existence, knowledge and skills on those who objectify to learn. Education is also a unifying factor that molds an individual's socialization skills. People from various backgrounds, societies and countries meet in different educational institutions for knowledge, but during the educational transition, the learners get to familiarize with different cultural practice from their colleagues. The modern society is currently being driven by upfront educational fields that transform a person from being a student, to a reliable member of the society, such as engineers, doctors, who eventually contribute to the well-being of the society. The current U.S. educational system creates diversified opportunities for students all over the globe to develop necessary skills for the societal transformation to being complex and industrial.

Despite the attempt of the U.S. government to appraise education, the U.S. Bureau of Census has released several data on how students drop out before their graduation time. As confirmed by the National Center for Policy Analysis who narrows down the dropouts to the Hispanic and Blacks, Asians and Native American populous in the region. However, an alarming rate of the Hispanic dropout has called for attention from various arms of the U.S. education system. Those left in schools still do not produce expected results required for societal change.

Hispanic students are the most vulnerable to the education system of the U.S. these Hispanic face the major disparities of education leading to their high number in drop out. Statistics reveal that just 18% of Hispanic-American holds an associate degree. Associate responses from their conduct in education reveal that they rarely perform to the expectations, are not diploma recipients after being in high school for four years, and are linguistically and socially isolated (Wahala 2010). This has affected both the in-born (native) and immigrant Hispanics. This can be attributed to the change in demographics, especially the cultural shift being faced by these Hispanics. The U.S. Immigration department has been curbing this trend by having the U.S. border fenced, placing border patrols in every station and even using choppers to reduce the number of Mexican immigrants entering the country. Economic situations in Mexico compel fathers and their families to trek long journeys across the desert to get here in America in pursuit of a different social and economic life. However, upon arrival, children are offset to school but due to the receipt of less family support and high rates of poverty, these Hispanic students drop out to assist their families get basic needs. Most of them are usually unqualified for job opportunities here in the U.S., hence their entrance into drugs and crimes. The latter has made U.S. vulnerable, especially to the ever increasing population of the Hispanics.