Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Test | Final Test - Hard

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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?

2. According to Kozol, what statistic does New York find hard to track?

3. What does John Coons of the University of California, Berkeley say all children technically are?

4. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?

5. According to Thurston, why are poor people in Washington, D.C. willing to accept a dual system of public education?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tunisia, a student at Anacostia Elementary School, say that she would do if she had money? Why?

2. Why do public schools in certain areas of New York suffer more than others?

3. Describe PS 79.

4. Why would the students at Woodrow Wilson High want to remain there rather than attending a school with better resources?

5. 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?

6. How does Kozol describe the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?

7. How does the court ultimately rule in the class-action suit filed in 1981 by parents of school children in East Orange, Camden, Irvington, and Jersey City? What is the reaction of wealthier tax payers?

8. How are test scores in math and reading determined? How do the determination of these scores affect children in poor schools?

9. Hoe does Kozol describe Camden, New Jersey?

10. Name three specific examples of overcrowding in New Jersey public schools.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In various areas, Kozol speaks with adults about the health of the students that attend the poor urban schools and that live in the community. What types of illnesses do the adults mention children having in the various cities that Kozol visits? How do the students get these illnesses? Based on the book, how do you think these illness effect children's education? What can be done to improve the health of students in these various urban cities? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Why is it hard for urban public schools to retain young teachers? Where do the young teachers end up teaching? What changes should the school system to make in order to recruit and retain young teachers? Because the urban school system has many aging teachers, what future issues may arise as the teachers start to near retirement age? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

The book Savage Inequalities depicts the inequalities that exist in the nation's public schools. What two problems seem to be common among the school systems that Kozol describes in the book? Describe these two problems and why they are considered problems. What suggestions would you make to improve these problems? Please use specific examples from the book.

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