Class
What is wealth?
The total amount of assets minus any liabilities
What is the summer setback? Which group is disproportionately impacted by it?
Missing class because you are hungover is an example of?
A personal trouble
A parent buying their child (whether teenager or adult) a car or paying part of their tuition costs is an example of
Wealth Transfer
In Ch. 5, the author argues that the emphasis on standardized testing has led to education being viewed as ______ instead of ________
performance oriented/instrumental; mastery oriented
Is wealth or income inequality a bigger issue in the US? Why?
Wealth inequality; money earns money
What approach does societal level reform take?
Recognizes that some changes need to take place within the schools themselves but also, and more importantly, there needs to be changes to society/community
Missing class because you had to pick up a job to cover tuition and living expenses might be considered a?
Public issue because skyrocketing tuition rates impact a large number of students
What theory would see high amounts of poverty as dysfunctional but might find low levels of poverty as functional?
Functionalist
In Ch. 36, what difference did the author find between middle class and lower class/working class parents?
Middle class parents tend to be much more involved in the everyday activities of their children's education, were more likely to intervene at school, and helped guide their children to college much more.
What are two consequences of poverty?
Housing, health, education, natural disaster protection
What did Goals 2000: Educate American Act introduce to school reform?
The need for standardized testing and accountability within schools.
What is a manifest function of education?
Passing on knowledge; educating the population
What welfare program in Kansas provides monetary assistance but has significant restrictions on who can receive the assistance including limiting recipients to having less than $2,250 in assets?
TANF
Fix a broken system, disrupt the system, or replace the system
How would conflict theorists view poverty?
As the result of a power struggle between the haves and the have-nots
Is the St. George/Baton Rouge split in "Separate but Unequal" a school based reform or societal level reform? Explain your answer.
Good Answer
What is a latent function of education?
Relationships; mate selection
This groups is the most likely to be poor in the U.S.
Children
In ch. 12, what are three different ways that people can view work? Which way does the author prefer? (pg. 130-132)
Job, Career, Calling; Calling
Social class is determined by:
power, prestige, and wealth
What are school vouches? Explain one argument against and one argument in favor of school vouchers.
What are the three criteria of social problems?
1. needs to be social in origin; 2. needs to harm a significant number of people; 3. society needs to see it as a problem and believe it needs to be changed
How do cultural/behavioral theories view poverty and welfare?
That poverty is the fault of the individual and that welfare keeps people poor.
From ch. 10, who are the five agents of change?
individuals, activist groups, organized labor, employers, and government