What term is used to describe being out of school without permission?
a. Absconding
b. Truant
c. Skipping
d. Dropping
Ans: b. Truant
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The progressive education movement of the 1920s and 1930s reappeared in the 1960s and 1970s as
a. the "back-to-basics" movement. b. No Child Left Behind legislation. c. charter schools. d. the humanistic education movement. e. renewed bureaucratization.
Inmates sentenced to jail usually have a maximum sentence of ________.
A. five years B. three years C. one year D. seven years
Statutes that impose mandatory prison sentences, generally a life sentence, on those convicted of an offense if they have been previously convicted of two prior serious criminal offenses are called ________.
A. sentencing enhancements B. three-strikes laws C. intermediate sanctions D. sentencing commissions
Some sociologists believe that intermarriage is a good measure of social distance because
A. intermarriage tends to solidify boundaries between racial groups B. it shows the breakdown - or lack thereof - of society's most rigid taboos C. people who immigrates to United States increase the distance between themselves and their families D. couples usually have to move far away to live close to one another