Chapter 1
1 in 5 children live in ___
What is Poverty?
A system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement
What is Meritocracy?
1.) Use the agenda as a guide and stick to it
2.) Listen
3.) Ideas are welcomes
4.) Prioritize the concerns
5.) Select target concern
6.) Action Plan
7.) Clarity on decisions
8.) Summarize meeting
What is Productive Groups?
Interactions and comparisons between people within a given environment
What is Cultural Diversity?
What did Joy call people she saw every day on her bus who were lifeless?
What is Energy Vampires?
What is the Minnesota on-time graduation rate of Native-Americans?
What is 56%?
What is Egalitarianism?
A way to talk about varied types of traits including language, grammar, and vocabulary
What is Linguistically Diverse?
Overt, Covert and Subtle
What is the Levels of Cultural Awareness?
What bus did Joy drive?
What is Bus #11?
What percent of college freshmen require remediation?
What is 40%?
A federal law which passed Congress in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002. It provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress.
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
The way people tend to view others that are dissimilar and separated
What is Culturally Marginalized?
The awareness of cultural differences, then recognizing that the way we act and what we believe can be different than how other people act or what they believe
What is Cultural Reciprocity?
What does O mean in the special formula E+P=O
What is Outcome?
What affects children's success in school?
What is SES, Cultural Group Membership and Family Structure?
To socialize immigrants and help them assimilate to the American way
What is the Orginal Purpose of Public Schools?
Physical and material aspects of the environment
What is Ecology?
Retain own beliefs and practices while assuming the cultural norms of a new culture
What is Levels of Acculturation?
Who wrote "The Energy Bus"?
What is Jon Gordon?
Social and linguistic practices and historical bodies of knowledge
What is "Funds of Knowledge"?
What year did the Federal Government develop the Department of Education?
What is 1964?
Characteristics of persons/groups involved with the organization
What is Milieu?
1.) Pull out
2.) Transitional Bilingual Education
3.) Developmental Bilingual Education
4.) Structured English Immersion
What is the programs for ESL instructors?
Desire, vision and focus move your bus in the right direction
What is Rule number 2?