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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the press report soon after Kozol's visit to the Anacostia elementary school?
2. Where is Camden ranked in terms of its number of poor people as compared to other states in the U.S.?
3. According to Harper, how does her teacher punish the children?
4. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?
5. What type of industry was Camden famous for at one point?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Delabian Rice-Thurston say the rich and middle class in Washington, D.C. try to send their children to school? Why don't the poor parents send their children to the same schools?
2. How do the children attending public schools in the suburbs of New York that Kozol interviews feel about sharing funding and resources with children at urban public schools?
3. How are test scores in math and reading determined? How do the determination of these scores affect children in poor schools?
4. Name three specific examples of overcrowding in New Jersey public schools.
5. Hoe does Kozol describe Camden, New Jersey?
6. How does Kozol describe the Anacostia neighborhood where Harper and her mother live?
7. Describe PS 79.
8. How does Kozol describe the situation at Asbury Park and Irvington?
9. How do the suburban schools in New York compare to the urban schools in New York?
10. Why does Kozol think that inner city problems would not be totally solved by better schools?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the difference that exist between urban schools and suburban schools in East Lawndale (Chapter 1, Life on the Mississippi) and North Lawndale (Chapter 2, Other People's Children)? Based on Kozol's account of the school systems, why do these differences exist? What are some ways that these differences can be eliminated? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Kozol visits schools where teachers and administrators admit to sending their children to schools other than the one where they teach. What reasons do they give for sending their children to other schools? What is the significance of teachers at poor inner city schools sending their children to suburban public schools or more affluent urban public schools? What theme does this represent? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
According to Kozol, non-white leaders are often picked to solve local school problems. Why is it assumed that non-white leaders are the best candidate to solve the problems of local urban school systems? Who would be the best candidate(s) to solve the local school problems? Why?
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