Linguistics Final Exam
- the 1895 U.S. Supreme Court decision provided separate in Plessy v. Ferguson but equal ruling
2. a 2006 study by Fight Crime: invest in kids found that __ of teens and __ of younger children had been threatened online with physical harm |
10%; 4% |
3. academic standards |
are instructions for what students must learn, developed at the state level. |
4. according to Annette lareau, children in middle-class homes are likely to exhibit |
knowledge in "the rules of the game" & greater verbal agility and vocabulary |
5. According to Clive Belfield, all of the following are major for-profit education companies except |
the national public school choice plan |
6. According to former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, what makes a nation's workforce uniquely attractive to a global market? |
diverse skills, supported by lifelong learning |
7. according to the author, the major goal of education in the 21st century is to |
prepare students for jobs in a global economy |
8. according to the film, judgement day, intelligent design has failed bc it cannot be tested |
true |
9. according to the National Service Learning Clearinghouse, servicelearning experiences can |
all of these are correct |
10. according to this chapter, economist Gary Becker refereed to the American economy as a ______ economy |
knowledge |
11. according to this chapter, what is one reason why African American students may not be willing to engage in their education? |
they may see it as sacrificing their identity to "act white" |
12. according to this chapter, which of the following is the reason schools sort students by ability and talent? |
students will pursue jobs that match their educational interest |
13. according to this chapter, which of the following statements about the labor market is true? |
high-skilled workers' wages are rising, while low-skilled workers' wages are falling |
14. according to this chapter, workingclass parents emphasize obedience and neatness in child-rearing |
true |
- according to high skilled workers' wages are rising, while your spring low skilled workers' wages are falling
text, which of the following statements about the labor market is true?
16. afrocentric education is concerned primarily with the segregation of black students |
false |
17. all charter schools are privately funded and operated |
false |
18. allegiance to the American flag |
west Virginia state board of education v. barnette |
19. all of the following are conclusions made by Bowles and giants except |
school reinforces school stratification and contributes to intergenerational immobility, cultural capital reinforces class status, capitalism contributes to social reproduction, students are passive recipients of knowledge |
20. all of the following are examples of federal involvement in public education EXCEPT |
compulsory school laws |
21. all of the following are true |
students can form religious clubs at school, a course must not proselytize (indoctrinate) students, religious courses may be offered, such as a class on world religions, the history of religion in the U.S., comparative religions, etc,, students can pray quietly virtually any time |
22. all of the following are true |
a state/district/school can't require equal time for creationism or creation science, a teacher can't teach creationism freelance (on his/her own), a state/district/school can't ban the teaching of evolution, a state/district/school can't have a disclaimer that singles out evolution |
23. all of the following are true about republicans |
they tend to favor cultural literacy (traditional dominant culture) over multliculturism, they favor abstinence programs in public schools, they are more likely than democrats to favor greater religious influences in the public school curriculum, they favor school choice and for-profit education |
31. As students' time in public schools has increase, there has been a corresponding decrease in crime rates. (true/false) |
false |
32. "at-risk" factors for students include |
all of these are correct |
33. bicultural means to retain ones own culture while renouncing the dominating culture |
false |
34. the board of education of which of the following states voted to remove evolution from the state science standards? |
kansas |
35. the board of education of which of the following states voted to remove evolution from the state science standards |
texas |
36. Brown v. Board of Education resulted in the integration of schools in the south, and it is a decision that was supported by all black families and teachers |
false |
37. By instilling common moral and political values in public education, leaders have helped to |
all of these are correct |
38. categorical aid is |
both a system of targeting funds for specific school programs and a means by which the federal government has gained more control over what is taught in schools |
39. charter schools are public schools that |
cannot charge tuition |
40. Chief Justice burger distinguished between political speech which the court has protected in a number of cases and the supposed sexual content of a student's high school speech was the following case |
Bethel v. fraser |
24. all of the following are true of democrats |
they favor increased federal funding of public schools, they prefer a strict separation of church and state, they tend to favor whole word reading instruction, they tend to favor sex education programs |
25. all of the following cases are directly or indirectly related to segregation |
brown v. board of education, Meredith v. jcps, plessy v. Ferguson, Oliver v. michigan |
26. all of these are true |
the federal gov became involved in the education of Native American children, the fed gov has funded attempts to equalize education funding, the fed gov has increasingly shown a presence in public education policymaking, the fed gov has provided financial support for vocational education in public schools |
27. america is a collectivist society that sees the world made up of relationships based on contact |
false |
28. the American Federation of Teachers supports the rigid curriculum of for-profit education |
false |
29. antipoverty programs include all of the following except |
higher attendance at school and work |
- as a teacher, you are given the Hazelwood School proofing and editing rights of district v. Kuhlemier
school newspaper
- the children of the rainbow curriculum in true 51. the economic model of the War on poor diet, poor New York City public schools includes Poverty links inadequate education medical care, low-
teaching diverse family structures, to quality housing, lowincluding that of gay and lesbian families income jobs
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- the following statements it is clear by this statement support these teachers' that the Dover teachers are response above EXCEPT irreligious or atheists
66. For Thomas Jefferson, the most important political goal of public schools was teaching arithmetic. (true/false) |
false |
67. Free market advocates argue that schools won't be able to improve, even if school choice is an option |
false |
68. the goals of early home economics courses included |
All these answers are correct. |
69. grove city college v. bell involved this specific federal law |
title IX of the 1972 Higher Education Act |
70. a guarantee that children have the right to all levels and forms of education in a state is given in the |
declaration of indigenous peoples' rights proposed to the UN |
71. high-stakes testing |
has led to teachers and administrators cheating on exams. |
72. high-stakes testing refers to |
tests that determine a person's career and job opportunities |
73. high test performance may |
increase teacher and administrator pay, increase real estate values, be the result of increased time teaching testtaking methods |
74. Horace Mann believed that even people without children could benefit from schools |
true |
75. Horace Mann envisioned that common schools |
would teach common political values to all children in the same type of school |
76. human capital education for the global economy emphasizes which of the following subject areas? |
literacy |
77. the idea of civil society, by Adam seligman, concludes |
social movements have been the chief method of articulating and furthering demands for change |
- the idea that investment in human capital theory education will improve the quality of workers and, accordingly, increase the wealth of the community is referred to as
79. the idea that schools needed to be centralized in larger cities and urban areas, as well as development of graded classrooms is best identified as |
the cult of efficiency |
80. the idea that schools reinforce differences and replicate social class structure is known as |
social reproduction |
81. the idea that schools reinforce differences and replicates social class structure is known as |
social reproduction |
82. if you believe that everyone has an equal educational opportunity, blame shifts to the social system when inequalities Aries |
false |
83. immigrant cultures |
refers to first generation immigrants who were born in another country and immigrated to the U.S. |
84. the inclusion of children with disabilities in the classroom |
was endorsed by regulations of the No Child Left Behind Act requiring that students with disabilities be included in testing |
85. Inclusion of special education students is overwhelmingly supported by teachers as way to provide education for all students. (true/false) |
false |
86. in integrated schools, the social boundaries between racial groups disappear when it comes to student activities |
false |
87. in order to prove segregation exists at a school, Oliver vs. Michigan State Board of Education stated that |
the pattern of a school's actions had to have caused a measurable increase in segregation |
- in recent years, which of the local areas 97. it is generally agreed that vouchers false following has decreased its are key to the success of educational
98. Johann Fichte suggested which of the following means of creating loyal citizens through public education? |
learning patriotic songs and stories |
99. the key founding father attempted to create free public schools for all white children in the state of Virginia: |
Thomas Jefferson |
100. the largest percentage of children and youth receiving IDEA services are classified as learning disabled |
true |
101. learning societies and lifelong learning are not essential parts of the global educational system |
FALSE |
102. local school boards may not remove books from school libraries simply bc they dislike the ideas contained in those books and seek their removal to prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion.'" this court ruling is based on |
board of Island union v. pico |
103. the Massachusetts act of 1642 and 1647 required all children be taught to read and required all towns with 50/100 or more familites to provide elementary and secondary schooling |
true |
104. Measuring voter participation rates in history can be difficult because |
all of these are correct |
105. natural growth identifies child-rearing practices that includes all of the following |
sense of constrain in institutional settings, cultural capital is well developed, child initiated play, household conversations are less intimate |
106. the Naturalization Law of 1790 gave citizenship rights to |
white men |
107. natural law |
a descriptive generalization about how some aspect of the natural world behaves under stated circumstances |
89. institutional cheating on high-stakes tests occurs due to the pressures exerted on schools to pass the tests |
true |
90. in the court case Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlemier, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school administrators have no right to control the content of student publications |
false |
91. in the nineteenth century, schools emphasized |
punctuality, obedience, respect for private property, order |
92. in this case a federal court judge ruled that intelligent design was introduced to the curriculum for the purpose of promoting religious beliefs and therefor unconstitutional |
kitzmiller v dover |
93. in this case the court reasoned that the Board of Education's general regulation of extracurricular activities diminished the expectation of privacy among students and that the Board's method obtaining urine samples and maintaining test results was minimally intrusive on the students' limited privacy interest |
board of education v. earls |
94. it has been suggested that the No Child Left Behind Act is unconstitutional because it takes power over education away from the states |
true |
95. it is fair to conclude that all of the following variables contribute to the achievement gap between whites and non-whites |
unequal educational funding resulting from property tax differences, unequal development of cultural capital in children, culturally biased assessments, socioeconomic status |
96. it is fair to conclude that members of the Whig Party saw themselves as |
the moral redeemers of society |
percentage contribution to school reform revenues in comparison to other sources?
- "neither a prayer's engel v vitale 121. the phrase culture and power unspoken codes about how nondenominational character nor its refers to to dress, talk, and interact in vocabulary character saves it from the workplace,, the culture
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- the selection of textbooks chiras v. miller 142. suddenly after a new superintendent is hired Abington by the state for use in for your school district, teachers receive school Publix school classrooms is notice that all students are required to read district v. gov speech, and is not a Bible verse in their classroom at the schempp
143. the suppurate but equal doctrine was developed by the US Supreme Court in this case |
plessy v. ferguson |
144. the term cultural frame of reference refers specifically to a method of multicultural education that encourages students to see the world through others' eyes |
false |
145. the term that refers to middle class parents influencing their children's behavior through reasoning is called |
concerted cultivation |
146. Texas is a major determiner of textbook content because it buys a significant share of the nation's textbooks. (true/false) |
true |
147. the Texas state board of education rejected the textbook Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future because they considered it to be |
anti-free enterprise |
148. the Texas state board of education rejected the textbook titled, Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future, for all of the following reasons |
the text does not promote the idea that America is a divine nation |
149. that all white children in the state of Virginia should have access to free public education for three years was initially the idea of |
Thomas jefferson |
150. there is no correlation between the ownership of a home computer and reading skills upon entering kindergarten |
false |
151. This type of choice plan allows students to choose to attend any public school in their district or state. |
public school choice plan |
152. Title IX of the 1972 Higher Education Act, as amended |
includes all activities of an educational institution receiving federal aid |
133. separation of students by family income in school is determined by |
the methods of ability grouping and tracking |
134. service learning is a preparation for direct involvement in politics |
false |
135. the sex respect program is a sex education program that |
teaches the social, psychological, and health gains of abstinence |
136. the "sex respect" program is a sex education program that |
teaches the social, psychological, and health gains of abstinence |
137. socialization of students includes |
following school rules |
138. socialization refers to |
what students learn from following school rules, interacting with other students, and participating in school activities |
139. social reproduction is |
both a means by which society passes down the best of its culture to its youth and a process by which schools ensure that students from wealthy families continue to live the lives to which they've become accustomed |
140. something in education over which states have power |
funding of local school districts, teacher licensing, curriculum guidelines |
141. students with disabilities must take the same tests as all other students |
false |
subject to ... the viewpoint beginning of the school day. you are neutrality requirement - concerned bc this practice is unconstitutional this decision was reached according to the court's decision in in
- the tradition of school proms false 166. which of the following is a factor increased separation dates back to the early 1800s in the recent increase in school between where
154. Until the 1960s, most moral values taught in public school were based on ________ values. |
christian |
155. the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school administrators can punish student speech they find to be lewd and indecent in which case? |
Bethel vs. Fraser |
156. the wearing of armbands was closely akin to pure speech and protected by the first amendment. this court ruling is based on |
tinker v. desmoines |
157. When this book describes schools as a form of social control, it means |
all these answers are correct |
158. which court case resulted in public school as part of a religious exercise? |
Abington school district vs. Schempp |
159. which of the following about for-profit education corporations is NOT true? |
they are heralded by the teaching profession for providing education to under-served populations |
160. which of the following are examples of state involvement in schools? |
teacher certification requirements, compulsory school requirements, collection of education statistics |
161. which of the following are social goals of public schools? |
all these are correct |
162. which of the following are ways the federal government exercises indirect control over education |
federal regulations, research, categorical aid |
163. which of the following educational practices has not limited the role of schools in providing equality of educational opportunities? |
counseling methods |
164. which of the following effects fit the no child left behind act have on scientific study? |
some 95% of scientific study has been cast into doubt and much of it was removed from publicly available research databases |
165. which of the following factors affects one's income-earning potential? |
all of these are correct |
167. which of the following is an example of empowerment? |
working to change a discriminatory law or policy |
168. which of the following is a problem associated with secondgeneration segregation? |
student-created racial boundaries |
169. which of the following is NOT one of Sonia Nieto's recommendations for multicultural education? |
encourage white students not to comment, so that they do not discourage students of other ethnicities |
170. which of the following reasons given by parents for homeschooling their children? |
specific needs of the child, flexibility, academic excellence, religious convictions |
171. which of the following statements is true about the effects of bilingual education? |
students are better able to learn English if they can read and write in their native language |
172. which of the following type of education is supported by the No Child Left Behind Act? |
English acquisition |
173. which of the following was not a consequence of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act? |
it put all control of public schools in the hands of state and local government |
174. white non-hispanics have the highest median income in the U.S. |
false |
175. William Godwin believed that the government would use public schools as a means of political control over its citizens |
true |
176. you are shown 3 pictures - a fishing pole, a football, and a fish. If you view the world through a holistic lens, which pictures would you put together? |
fishing pole and fish |
segregation? people of different
races reside