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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. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?
2. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
3. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?
4. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?
5. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did East St. Louis become so poor?
2. Why are the major industries that dump waste into East St. Louis not taxed there?
3. How do many of the children know that they are receiving an inferior education? What happens to many of the children after they realize they are receiving an inferior education?
4. What problem exists at Lathrop Elementary School, and what is the source of this problem?
5. How the suburban public schools funded compared to the urban public schools?
6. 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?
7. Why does Kozol condemn business leaders and legislators for not improving public education?
8. What does the media, parents, and teachers think the issue is with public education?
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
Kozol focuses on state and federal regulation of schools. In what ways do the states regulate the schools? In what ways does the federal government regulate American school system? How are these responsibilities divided amongst the state and federal entities? 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
Compare and contrast the urban public school systems in New York and Camden. How are these two urban school systems similar? How are they different? Please use specific examples from the book? Please use specific examples from the book.
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