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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Devaluation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the first?
(a) Politicians who support education.
(b) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(c) Involved parents.
(d) Better teachers and principals.

2. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?
(a) The Education Union.
(b) The National Education Association.
(c) The Teacher's and Professor's Union.
(d) The American Learning Campaign.

3. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the sixth?
(a) Involved parents.
(b) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(c) Better teachers and principals.
(d) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.

4. When was James Inhofe born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1934.

5. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?
(a) Disintegrate.
(b) Demoralize.
(c) Decentralize.
(d) Disembody.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a cable that became known as the "Long Telegram"?

2. What is the second major challenge that America faces?

3. What state does Michelle Bachmann represent in the United States House of Representatives?

4. When was Arne Duncan born?

5. Who was Facebook founded by?

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