Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of schools does the Chicago public school system lack?
(a) Early Head Start centers.
(b) High Schools.
(c) Junior high schools.
(d) Elementary Schools.

2. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
(a) State health system.
(b) State revenue.
(c) Education.
(d) Welfare.

3. According to the 1980 census, what percentage of men and women 17 and older in North Lawndale had no jobs?
(a) 58.
(b) 62.
(c) 72.
(d) 68.

4. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?
(a) City officials.
(b) The federal government.
(c) Suburan school principals.
(d) Business leaders.

5. What issue do PS261 and PS79 share?
(a) Lack of space.
(b) Low enrollment.
(c) Lack of up-to-date resources.
(d) Unqualified teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What system of schools does Kozol say are highly attractive to more sophisticated parents, who are disproportionately white and middle class?

2. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?

3. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?

4. What types of educational options had been proposed in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Detroit?

5. How many students from Woodrow Wilson, according to Kozol, sign up to take the SAT in the spring of 1990 when he visits?

(see the answer key)

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