The Bush Administration's 2001 attempt to reform public education was called:
A. Race to the Top.
B. Separate but Equal.
C. Title IX.
D. No Child Left Behind.
Question -2-The U.S. Supreme Court struck down separate but equal school segregation the case of:
A. Gideon v. Wainwright.
B. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
C. Brown v. Board of Education.
D. Millikin v. Bradley.
Question -3-In relationship to the political economy, public education:
A. is generally regarded as of marginal importance.
B. has helped prepare people to function as workers in a complex, modern economy.
C. occupies a significant role, but one that is generally not well understood.
D. none of the above
Question -4-The theory that suggests many middle-class whites withdrew their children from public school to avoid school desegregation is known as:
A. affirmative action
B. white flight
C. Jim Crow
D. separate but equal
Question -5-Which of the following factors was cited as most significant by the Chubb and Moe study in promoting educational excellence?
A. high salaries for teachers and principals
B. a highly structured curriculum
C. large amounts of homework
D. local school autonomy to set priorities
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