Urban and Suburban Secondary EducationThere is a large disparity between urban and suburban secondary education in public schools. Many critics of this inequality argue that urban schools do not receive as much attention as schools found in suburban areas or wealthier parts of the country. Urban schools are facing a big crisis in these parts, these schools do not meet the required criteria to educate and graduate their students. So why is there huge inequality between urban and suburban public secondary schools? Much of the debate centers on school funding and how much schools are given to function. Many urban schools do not receive enough money to educate students, pay teachers, purchase new books, and afford technology that could be used in the classroom to educate students. While funding plays an important role in education, another problem urban schools face is teacher bias against minority and low-income students; Students who fit the description are often considered useless because they score low on tests, don't speak English well, cause problems in class, or are simply considered useless. While minorities face prejudice, illegal immigrant students are attacked for attending public schools at taxpayer expense. Illegal immigrants are blamed for many of the reasons schools find themselves in the red when it comes to school funding; illegal immigrants are simply breaking the bank and leaving schools in the hole, as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) states. In retrospect, what is ultimately happening is that urban public secondary school students who... middle of paper... educational opportunities were provided to U.S. citizen children, and that there was no evidence that the U.S. government United States seriously intended to deport the parents of illegal alien children. The Court could reverse the ruling if these circumstances change or if Congress makes explicit the exclusion of these students through legislation. Source: United States Supreme Court: Plyler v. Doe (1982)[1] “Table 160, Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: 1919-20 to 199-2000,” Digest of Education Statistics 2002, National Center for Education and statistics, U.S. Department of Education.[2] National Association of State Budget Officers, State Expenditures Report, 2001.[3] Michael Fix and Jeffrey S. Passel, “Immigration Trends in the United States and Implications for schools,” Immigration Studies Program, Urban Institute, January 2003.