Social Justice is a term that can mean different things to different people. In my essay, I’ve chosen to write about social justice regarding America’s education system. Therefore, social justice in my case is an equal opportunity for education and academic success regardless of socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status, or SES, is often measured as a combination of education, income, and occupation. It is commonly conceptualized as the social standing or class of an individual or group.” It is apparent that students from lower SES households academically lag behind students from higher SES households early on in their educational career. Students of low SES, sometimes subjected to poverty, are less likely to have the finances or available time to get the needed academic support. This makes it tougher to score well on college entrance exams needed to get into educational institutions. There is much untapped scholarly potential in these students and they must not be neglected simply because of their social statuses. Info courtesy of the American Psychological Association.