Is Schooling Equitable?

In my opinion schooling is only equitable depending on the type of teacher that you have. In general, I've learned that teachers don't teach students of color the same as white people. Teachers are usually more suspicious of people of color thus watch over them more closely/strictly than others. To me this ties back to the Ted Talk about the dangers of a single story. The only reason teachers feel the need to watch over people of color is because of the stereotype that they're "loud", "more disruptive", "distracted" etc. than the rest of students. But this is only a single point of view and doesn't take into account the reality that your race doesn't determine whether you are "disciplined enough" in class. 

I learned from the Ted Talk "Every Kid Needs A Champion" that students will all have a fair chance of learning if teachers put in the effort to make a relationship with their students and genuinely believe in them. Being a teacher is so much more than just teaching the subject. Being able to get to know your students enough to form a bond with them will create an atmosphere of mutual respect and kindness within the classroom that is necessary for the students to learn. Similarly, through the Ted Talk about Hip Hop I learned that taking the next step of getting to know your students enough to involve their culture in the classroom is a huge advantage to their learning. When I saw this in the video it made a lot of sense to me because students will not only become more confident in themselves, but will use information they already know within their culture to retain new information learned from class. All in all, it's critical that all teachers believe in their students and give all of their students an equal chance for schooling to become equitable.