The amount of schooling needed to acquire a position in a certain field
Education
100
How does rising economic equality affect children?
Their parents can’t afford to enroll them in enrichment activities.
100
What would the following situation be an example of? Teachers assign students into groups based on their own perceived intellectual abilities and physical characteristics of the students, rather than the student’s needs or potential.
Tracking
100
The percentage of people that survived the Titanic
32%
200
Characterized by routine jobs, known as blue-collar workers
The Working Class
200
The amount of money earned in wages and salary throughout a year
Income
200
Which occupations are many low-income workers in?
Service and Retail Trade
200
Explain what the self fulfilling prophecy is?
Teachers classify and segregate students based on their personal characteristics and instruct them in such a way that they will behave and succeed as they expect, therefore, fulfilling the prophecy.
200
These people sacrificed their seats on life boats for others to escape
Men from all classes
300
Have an income range of $39K to $100K
The middle class
300
Defined as the specific position held in society or in a specific company
Occupation
300
What are the three categories for inequality?
Race & Ethnic, Gender, and Age Inequality
300
What are the four areas that influence inequalities in school?
Teacher expectations, tracking, curriculum and funding
300
The second class on the titanic would related to which of the 5 classes we have today?
The working and middle classes
400
Examples of jobs in this class would be administrators, judges, lawyers, or high level managers.
The Upper Middle Class
400
Includes savings accounts, insurance, stock, and property
Wealth
400
What percent of US families live in poverty?
10% OR 7.9 million
400
What does the USA rank in terms of how much is spent on education in comparison to other nations?
12th
400
The reason why so many people from the 3rd class were on board the Titanic.
To immigrate to the U.S.A.
500
Live on street corners and can be easily found in large cities
The Unemployed and Homeless class
500
The ability to influence members of society's choices
Power
500
How much more does a CEO make than an average worker in the US in 2000?
431x More
500
What percent of high poverty schools are taught by out of field teachers?
34%
500
Along with the people selected by what class they were from, what other bias was used to select the people who would live and who would die?