Exam 13: Pursuing Equity in Education

Describe how the hidden curriculum shapes schooling experiences for low-income and minority students.

In regards to zero tolerance policies, school resource officers can participate in the criminalization process.

A vast majority of students in the United States attend ______ schools.

Describe the Finnish education system and how it differs from that in the United States.

Children from low-income families are more likely than wealthier students to have computers, microscopes, and other technology at home to assist with their learning.

Describe the efforts of Malala Yousafzai advocating for girls' education by creating the Malala Fund.

Which aspect of society primarily influences differences in school readiness?

Which school policy directly contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline by criminalizing routine behavior?

At a government level, the ______ program allocates federal aid to schools with large proportions of low-income students.

Briefly describe how the critical pedagogy helps even the playing field for students by treating all as potential thinkers and leaders.

Approximately 1.3 million public school students were ______ during the 2015-2016 school year.

A student's school readiness tends to vary drastically according to the family's socioeconomic status.

Which type of schools formed as a more favorable solution to racial segregation than busing?

Confronting social problems can go a long way toward improving existing educational systems and student outcomes.

Most U.S. families send their school-aged children to public school every day.

______ places students on particular "tracks" or pathways characterized by difference academic experiences and outcomes.

Research indicates that having Black teachers results in which outcome for Black boys?

Which concept is a process resulting in learning and can occur in a variety of settings and towards a host of ends?

Both scholars and laypeople no longer view the public school system as a tool for social mobility.

Sociologists believe that "no excuse charters" undermine students' learning and development by elevating stress and depleting motivation.