Educational Inequity and Income Inequality

Podcast created by: Tyler Bacon and Jason Lin

Education inequity is a recurring issue in many countries across the world. When looking at South Africa, Finland, and the United States, there is a significant difference in the county’s allocation of resources to education which includes government funding, education requirements, and technology resources. The largest discrepancies exist between developing and developed nations where in developing countries there is a focus of resources on primary education and attacking the lower literacy levels in countries such as South Africa. While developed nations such as the US and Finland allocate far more resources to that secondary education. Finding ways to spread resources across the entirety of a nation is key to reducing income inequality through the improvement of education inequity in larger nations such as the US.