SAGE News Clips: School Financial CrisisDescription: Following the financial crisis of 2008, some public schools have been hard hit. In this video, we visit two schools in the Chicago area. One lacks air conditioning, and students learn from tattered textbooks. In the other, students have access to over 100 clubs, 30 different sports teams, and 5 performance spaces. Watch this video to learn more about the varying contexts of schooling in the United States.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 350, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Conflict theorists contend that underfunded schools may result in the reproduction of inequality. They believe that
education (even in underfunded schools) serves a vitally important purpose. Which of the following is NOT a conflict theorist would make about education?
A. Education is an important way for poor and working-class folks to move up the social ladder.
B. Education has historically been one of the key paths for immigrants to escape poverty.
C. Education offers a way for the poor to improve their life circumstances.
D. Education has historically benefited people of color over all other minority groups.
Answer: D
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Which of the following is argued by the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
A. Language precedes thought. B. Language is a given and forms independent of culture. C. Language homogenizes interpretations of reality across disparate cultures. D. People cannot conceptualize the world only through language.
All of the following are part of a group identity EXCEPT:
a. a sense of belonging. b. special colors or symbols. c. members are aware of their participation in a group. d. group members have a sense of the group boundaries.
Women’s careers can be hampered by which of the following informal practices?
A. Male mentors who attempt to impose male values and styles on women B. Workplace environments that focus on families and relationships C. Informal networks that require women to join men in games of golf and other sports, activities most women do not enjoy D. Segregation into jobs that offer little or no opportunity for advancement E. All of the above
The researcher is most likely using which variable as the dependent variable in this analysis?
A researcher is interested to know whether people of different racial-ethnic groups tend to hold different ideas about American cultural diversity. She creates Figure 4.1, where RACEHISP is a variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. IMMCULT is a variable corresponding to the question “How much do you agree of disagree with the following statements? ‘American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.’
Figure 4.1
a. YEAR
b. RACEHISP
c. IMMCULT
d. DEGREE