Circles Model for an Inner City School
"I am shocked by the lack of urgency we are showing for the deplorable situation in our inner-city schools and their neighborhoods…students trapped, going to school in a community devoid of hope or opportunity, should challenge our moral sensibilities" (Brown, 2011, Jersey Journal).
Inner city schools (including those in Trenton, NJ) tend to be plagued by similar and familiar problems. According to a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Urban Affairs (Glickman, et al., 2008), inner city communities continue to suffer from "disinvestment" (lack of funding sources), "outmigration" (whites moving to suburbs), and "abandoned property" and a sense of gloom that is reflected in schools. Also, the inner city is known for low income citizens, "predominantly minority," and their plight is often reflected in schools (Glickman, 557). And the poor conditions in inner cities -- including those neighborhoods in Trenton, New Jersey -- have "…whittled away at inner-city school attendance, funding, and, ultimately, student achievement" (Glickman, 557). In fact the achievement gaps between rich and poor, black and white, and between inner cities and suburbs, is not expected to be resolved any time soon. And the crumbling schools in violent neighborhoods are of great concern and not just to parents, students and educators, Glickman explains. They are a concern to the community as a whole because "…poor schools work against community improvement" (Glickman, 557).
The ironic thing about poor schools in poverty communities is that school staff tends to view "…parents and communities as deficient in providing proper home learning environments for students"; in other words, schools blame communities for their problems. On the other hand, community members tend to blame schools for the poor academic outcomes for their children, Glickman continues on page 558. Families feel too "intimidated to make demands" of the schools because educators have the credentials and parents and community members tend to feel like outsiders. This paper provides a model which can send a strong signal to the inner city communities and schools in Trenton. That model is Four Circles,...
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