Christine and Aidan live in a diverse, urban neighborhood. Next year, their daughter will be starting kindergarten. After doing some research about the local public schools, they are not overly impressed by the data on students’ academic performance in the school district, the high student-teacher ratio, or the limited availability of high-quality extracurricular activities. To give their

daughter the best education possible, Christine and Aidan decide to put their house on the market and look for a new home in a nearby suburb, a less diverse and more affluent community with higher-quality schools. These events illustrate __________.

A) desegregation
B) white flight
C) tracking
D) accomplishment of natural growth


B) white flight

Sociology

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A) attitudes B) behavior C) statistics D) personal values

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Pretzels, kindergarten, and Pabst all were originated in the United States by German immigrants

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Sociology

Discuss family-oriented workplace policies in the U.S

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

One strength of the perspective is that it focuses on up-close and personal factors that shape interaction and relationships

a. functionalist b. conflict c. symbolic interactionist d. sociological

Sociology