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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 Kozol think will not solve inner-city problems?
2. How many students attend PS261 daily?
3. What type of industry was Camden famous for at one point?
4. What is the fate of Raymond Abbot long after the court's decision is rendered?
5. What does Thurston say black people did not understand regarding their children and the public education system in Washington, D.C. and those in the surrounding suburbs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What resources do the teachers at Pyne Point Junior High lack? How do the teachers improvise?
2. How does Kozol describe the D.C. school system?
3. Describe the Milliken v. Bradley case's appeal to Supreme Court.
4. Describe PS 79.
5. Who is Joe Clark? What role did he play in the New Jersey public school system?
6. What similarity exist between selective schools in New York and Chicago?
7. Why does Kozol think that inner city problems would not be totally solved by better schools?
8. Name three specific examples of overcrowding in New Jersey public schools.
9. Describe PS 261.
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
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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