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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 does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?

2. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?

3. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?

4. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?

5. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kozol describe the Lawndale neighborhood?

2. What does the media, parents, and teachers think the issue is with public education?

3. How the suburban public schools funded compared to the urban public schools?

4. How did East St. Louis become so poor?

5. Why does Kozol condemn business leaders and legislators for not improving public education?

6. What type of health issues exist in East St. Louis? Why do these illnesses exist?

7. What reasons does Irl Solomon give for young teachers not staying at Martin Luther King Jr. High?

8. Where does Kozol go on his journey to speak with students in the public school system? How does Kozol choose the schools that he visited?

9. Compare the two court decisions, Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson.

10. Compare Coral Hawkins to the gospel teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune School.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Racial discrimination is a major theme in the book Savage Inequalities. What reasons does Kozol give for racial discrimination being the reason that poor urban schools receive less funding? Why does Kozol think the inequalities have more to do with race than with economics? Do you agree with Kozol's reasons for why the inequalities exist at poor urban schools? Why or why not? 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

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.

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