assistant professor at the harvard graduate school of education and author of the privileged poor. how elite colleges are affecting disadvantaged students. to understand where they re going, you have to know where they come from. what does it mean that a zip code can tell you so much more about where a child will end up than any other fact you can learn about that child. we need to know we need to understand not just the difference in test scores. we need to understand how inequality works in neighborhoods and schools. i was admitted to george washington carver middle school. an assistant principal saw me fooling around. she walked up to me and said you don t have the potential. that s not what you say. they created an award for the best student in the school my eighth grade year because of what i did and she had to hand it to me. . [ laughter ] that moment stuck with me. i felt like there was a tally. if i didn t make it, it was
well, this sunday on an all united cashade of america, w. kamau bell explored cleveland, ohio. take a look. to understand where students are going you have to know where they re coming from. i wanted to know what does it mean that a zip code can tell
have put in all the right protocols and all the right things to take care of our kids and our staff. she has full confidence. not everyone feels that way. we ll give you a better sense of what folks are saying just ahead. and cnn s w. kamau bells exploring the inequities in the public school system through two very different school districts near neefcleveland, ohio in thi week s united shades. to understand where students are going, you have to understand where they came from. i wanted to know what it means that a zip code can tell you more about where a child is going to end up than any other factor you can learn from a child. we need to understand not just the differences between students test scores and all that. we need to understand how inequality works and how it s localized within the neighborhoods and schools. the assistant principal saw me fooling around with two of my best friends and said you don t have the potential to be a
right? do you talk about this? yeah. we talk about how schools are funded and also we talk about that so there s unequal funding often between different public schools and public schools in white areas and black areas. no matter how well a school is funded in a black area, there are differences between black and white areas. let s play this. to understand where students are going, you have to know where they come from. i want to know what does it mean that a zip code can tell you so much more about where a child is going to end up than any other fact you can learn about a child. we have to make sure we understand not just the differences between student test scores and all of that stuff, we need to understand how inequality works. how was that to george washington middle school. an assistant saw me fooling around. she walked up to me and say, you don t have a potential. that s not what you say to a
students. let s play a clip. here it is. to understand where students are going, you have to know where they come from. right? i want to know what does it mean that a zip code can tell you so much more about where a child is going to end up than any other fact that you can learn about that child. we need to make sure we understand, not just the differences between students test scores and all that kind of stuff. we need to understand how inequality works in schools. i was admitted to george washington school. and saw me fooling around with two of my best friends. and she walked up to me and said you don t have a right to they created an award for the best student of the year, and she had to hand it to me. biggest factors. for my podcast, we researched schools. it s it s amazing to, you know, who you vote for, housing values, taxes, all of that. all these big factors go into