The Problem of Education in the United States

Problems with education in the United States

Research study

In any study there are usually dependent and independent variables that the researcher aims to measure to reach conclusion (Chance & Rossman, 2005). In this study, the researcher aims to find out the impact of racial discrimination in the US education sector. The dependent variable that is to be measured is the number of children affected by racial discrimination and the independent variables which needs to be organized and manipulated is the various schools in different states in US. The reason for measuring the level of racism is to find out the exact situation and try to find out possible solutions to address the problem.

Time scale

Every study is required to be completed within a certain period of time. Time allocation is therefore essential consideration in conducting a study and any researcher must factor this. The study is expected to take a duration of three months. There are various exercises that are required to be conducted to ensure that the study becomes successful. The researcher must come up with a plan on the locations that the study will be carried out, identify the schools, and logistical requirements. Time is also required to prepare instruments of collecting information and the time to gather the information and analysis. All these activities require some time to be executed.

Participants

The study must include subjects to be investigated. In this study, the participants will be school going children. The children that will be included in the study are those in the elementary schools. This is because, they are the ones affected with the problem of racists. Various schools will be investigated to find out the level of discrimination. These schools will come from areas where there are majority and minority communities.

Staffing

For the study to be effective, it requires competent and professional staffs to assist in the process of data collection. This study because of its nature, cannot be conducted by an individual alone. Therefore, it requires adequate personnel to help in the process of data collections as well as analysis. This study will involve 30 personnel that will be hired to help make the process a success. A large bunch of the personnel will be deployed in the field to gather the information from the schools on the study topic.

Statistical analysis method

The research design is a survey where information will be gathered from the natural setting. The information will be collected and analyzed using Analysis of variance (ANOVA) as one of the statistical analysis method. This method is selected because it will help the researcher in identifying any differences between the variables selected (ANOVA. (2013). In his case, it will be instrumental in helping to find the variations or differences in terms of the level or magnitude of racial discrimination in various schools in different states.

Subject in the study

This study, because of its nature, will require a large number of subjects to be incorporated to ensure that it achieves representation and provides a clear picture of the situation. The total number of subjects that will be included in the study will be 200. This number will be arrived at through simple random sampling process. The schools will be randomly sampled through secret balloting. This will ensure that all the sampled schools have equal chances of being selected. Then from the schools selected across various states, a sample of 200 subjects will be selected to be included in the study.

Importance of the proposed study

Every study carried out by a researcher has a purpose or an aim that it wants to achieve. This study is equally important in that it will help to provide an understanding of the problem of racism in various schools. Racism is a major problem in various US states especially where there are minorities. These minorities are discriminated on the basis of their skin color and ethnicity among others. This is a problem because it affects the psychology of the students making them record dismal performance compared to their colleagues. This study therefore is important as it helps in creating an understanding and awareness of the racism problem.

Various schools and educational organizations and agencies will use the data from the results to tackle the process. These agencies will be able to formulate policies and programs that will help to ensure that there is no discrimination in schools in all the USA states. They will also get an opportunity to use the data to carry out their own research to substantiate the claims and the conclusions reached through this research. The government will also benefit from these study findings /data. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure that all citizens regardless of their ethnicity or gender or their location have access to quality education. Therefore, the government will also be one of the beneficiaries of this study as it will improvise or come up with mechanism to help solve the problem.

Reference

ANOVA. (2013). Retrieved form: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~smarkham/resources/anova.htm

Chance, B., & Rossman, A. (2005). “Preface”. Investigating Statistical Concepts, Applications, and Methods. Duxbury Press.