Performance in urban schools across the nation are low, especially in the schools that have high enrollments in poor students. Those in non-urban areas do comparably better than students in urban schools (Ravitch, 1998). Due to poor education, students don’t get the access to learn about what foods are good and what will help fuel their body and brains. 

Urban schools enroll 24% of all public students in the U.S,

35% of the students being poor students and 43% of minority (Ravitch, 1998). These urban schools aren’t preparing the students with the information and skills that they need to live. Students need to know how to support their body’s and minds as they grow and learn and without this they aren’t able to do well or even graduate high school. In no means are our communities in urban areas uneducated or should be shamed for not knowing, most of it is due to lack of access. There is a lack of access to education about good food as well as lack of access to the good food that should be eaten.

Ravitch, Diane. “A New Era in Urban Education?” Brookings, Brookings, 28 July 2016, https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-new-era-in-urban-education/.

Schneider, Jack. “Why Parents Are Afraid of City Schools.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 25 Aug. 2017, https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/the-urban-school-stigma/537966/.

“Why Education Matters to Health: Exploring the Causes.” Center on Society and Health, 5 Feb. 2013, https://societyhealth.vcu.edu/work/the-projects/why-education-matters-to-health-exploring-the-causes.