When public policy is separated from education policy, it creates a situation that supports the status quo and does not consider innovative policies to improve the living situations for all people. From the perspective of an inner-city student who sees her parents and neighbors living on government assistance because there is a lack of jobs, and who is being consistently put down by her teachers who are supposed to support her, sees her life chances as limited because of the poverty-stricken culture in which she exists, what and where does hope exist? What is her motivation to get up each morning in order to attain an education”? 250 word response
