Much of the alleged crisis in public education is a product of demographics. Poverty, culture, dysfunctional or unsupportive families, and poor health and nutrition affect a student's education
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Online news sources have become much more prominent in recent years. How does news transmitted through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other similar sources differ from that of traditional news sources? Does it matter?
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The president's influence increased significantly during the 20th century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. the president was better able to respond quickly to the needs of the people than Congress, which is big, cumbersome, and divided along party lines. b. the emergence of the United States as a global power gave more power to the president, who has a large amount of freedom to set foreign policy. c. presidents were generally more newsworthy than Congress, which gave the president a greater opportunity to manipulate the media and public opinion. d. the president's staff grew smaller in recent history, which reduced outside influence on the president's decision-making process.
As globalization continues to integrate human economic networks around the world, global primacists think that
a. cultural ideas and practices must become subsumed in a single national identity so they can retain their validity. b. states should retain their central role in making policies benefiting their citizens by negotiating with other states. c. the United States is a prototype because it has developed its own nationality with shared values and a distinct "American personality." d. encouraging further social integration of the world's people presents the only logical course of action. e. advocating diversity both within and among states would lead to a decentralization of world power centers.
Obligations that one owes to other citizens or the community as a whole are called
a. majority faction. b. natural rights. c. political rights. d. duties of citizenship. e. civil rights.