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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 are the manual arts classes in the Riverdale school reserved for?
2. Which city does Kozol point out as having a non-white administration for two years where conditions did not improve?
3. What does Kozol think will not solve inner-city problems?
4. What does Kozol say Camden's entire property wealth of $250 million is less than the value of?
5. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the inner city of New York?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kozol describe the Anacostia neighborhood where Harper and her mother live?
2. Why would the students at Woodrow Wilson High want to remain there rather than attending a school with better resources?
3. How does Kozol describe the D.C. school system?
4. 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?
5. Hoe does Kozol describe Camden, New Jersey?
6. How do the suburban schools in New York compare to the urban schools in New York?
7. How are test scores in math and reading determined? How do the determination of these scores affect children in poor schools?
8. How does Kozol describe the situation at Asbury Park and Irvington?
9. What resources do the teachers at Pyne Point Junior High lack? How do the teachers improvise?
10. 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?
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
In the chapter entitled, The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York, Kozol travels to two schools that have issues with space. What limitations does the issue of space put on the teachers, students, and administrators? What future issues could arise because of the limited space at the schools? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Kozol has his class read Langston Hughes poem, A Dream Deferred. Based on Kozol's interviews, how does this poem apply to the lives of the children Kozol visits in the urban public school systems? Why would their dreams be deferred? What happens to those students whose dreams are deferred? Please use specific examples from the book.
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