Discuss the concerns about K–12 education and higher education using the evaluative criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.
What will be an ideal response?
Students can describe concerns about K–12 declining quality and about teacher effectiveness. There are major efficiency concerns about what is being spent (increasing costs in both higher and K–12 education) versus the outcomes being achieved. There are equity of opportunity concerns at both levels.
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The European Parliament meets in the French city of Strasbourg
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Private groups who attempt to influence government to respond to the shared attitudes of their members without electing candidates to public office are political parties
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
As the United States trades more and more with Canada, one of the concerns for some American companies is the large number of francophones, which are
a. Canadian cell phones that are not compatible with the American cell phone systems. b. Canadian businesses that up to now have only dealt with other Canadian companies and are looking to expand. c. Canadians who are native French speakers. d. Canadian union members who are socialist in outlook and strongly organized.
What does balance of power predict about bandwagoning?
a. States will not bandwagon because they will choose to ally with weaker states to keep a balance of power. b. States will bandwagon to maximize power. c. States may or may not bandwagon, depending on the level of power of the dominant state. d. States will bandwagon only if the dominant state offers them greater security in an unstable system. e. States will bandwagon in order to bring greater stability to a system.