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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. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?
2. What are two of the problems that Vernon Dover, principal of Pyne Point Junior High, tells Kozol exist at his school?
3. According to the Wall Street Journal, what are the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?
4. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?
5. What type of industry was Camden famous for at one point?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Milliken v. Bradley case's appeal to Supreme Court.
2. Describe PS 261.
3. 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?
4. Why do public schools in certain areas of New York suffer more than others?
5. What problems do highly selective schools create in New York? Why do they create these problems?
6. Describe PS 79.
7. Who is Joe Clark? What role did he play in the New Jersey public school system?
8. 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?
9. Why would the students at Woodrow Wilson High want to remain there rather than attending a school with better resources?
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
In the Forward of the book, Kozol refers to the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. What is the significance of the Brown v. Board decision? According to the book, how has the school system remained the same since the judgment? What changes have been made since the Brown v. Board decision? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Kozol points out that racial discrimination is the cause of many of the inequalities that exist in the public school system. However, some of the individuals that he interviews think that it's a socioeconomic issue and not a race issue. Based on the book Savage Inequalities, are the problems that exist in urban public schools caused by racial discrimination, socioeconomic status, or both. Why? Provide at least three detailed reasons for your answer. Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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