Sowell on Race, Culture, and Equality
Civic Virtue
School Choice
Supreme Court Cases
Equality of Opportunity vs. Outcome
100

 Primary Factor contributing to some cultures advancing and others remaining stagnant

Geographical Boundaries

100

behavior or attribute showing high moral standards.

Virtue

100

Term for payments families receive to pay for a school of their selection 

Voucher

100

Case in 1947 determining whether bussing to private/ parochial schools can be paid for with public funds.

Everson vs. Board of Education

100

Lockean reference to equality 

Life, Liberty and Property

200

Considered another form of "nature"

Geography 

200

Philosopher exploring the idea of the Golden Mean

Aristotle

200

An economic system that school choice replicates to bolster the educational quality

Free Market Capitalism

200

First case allowing public funds to be used for private school salaries

Zelman vs. Harris ( 2002) 

200

The Lockean term replaced with in the Declaration of Independence order to emphasize rights not guaranteed

Pursuit of Happiness

300

Typical references for nation's wealth 

Natural Resources

300

What was viewed as a vehicle for fostering virtue for wise and just voting 

Public Education

300

 Identify a critique of School Choice 

It is inherently unfair as it compels public schools to service al students while private schools can choose who they admit. 

300

The case determined whether students in a district without a high school could choose a religious one, covered by public funds

Carson vs. Markin ( 2021) 

300

Conventional pathway to equal opportunity

Education

400

Before the development, if railroads, trucks, and airplanes what was most economically crucial

Navigable waterways

400

Name 2 attributes in their deficient form and excessive form

Example,  Haughtiness, Humility

400

Type of school that is part private, part public

Charter Schools

400

 American Founder who first referenced the need for a wall of separation between Church and State in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Church

Thomas Jefferson

400

The biggest source of efforts to achieve equality of outcome

Redistribution of wealth or taxation

500

Regional differences as a factor for growth disparities

urban vs rural

500

Name two attributes in their mean/ ideal form

Confidence

500

Murky statistical data provided in what area related to school school

Academic achievement gains

500

The First Amendment clause that school choice opponents believe violates

Establishment Clause

500

Economic System of enforced equality of property

Marxism

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