In her study of schools, Jean Anyon found that:
A. Children of the business elite experienced stimulating, challenging and interactive classroom teaching.
B. Children from low-income families attended schools with low per-pupil expenditures.
C. There were great differences in the quality of teacher training in wealthy and poor communities.
D. Minority children, regardless of parental income, received a less rigorous education than white children.
E. Despite stereotypes, the parents of rich and poor children shared high expectations for their children's academic achievement.
A
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a. are leaving lower paying occupations. b. are now entering the labor force at higher paying levels than men. c. tend to work less overtime than men. d. bring higher education to the workplace.
The __________, proposed by Omi and Winant, suggests that the United States is organized along racial lines from top to bottom
A) racial-formation theory B) racial-conduct theory C) ethnic-hypothesis theory D) White-Black hypothesis
When individuals view and act on homosexuality as a perversion of normal sexual identity, they are advocating _____
a. Homosexuality b. Heterosexism c. Queer theory d. Sexual politics
Democracy requires that citizens be able to meet together regularly to debate and decide the issues of the day
a. Representative b. Symbolic c. Direct participatory d. Independent involvement