Ballantine
and Spade,
Schools
and
Society
5th
Edition
Instructor
Resource
1. Describe the history of desegregation and explain why these efforts
failed.
2. How did desegregation impact White students relative to Black
students?
3. Describe in detail two efforts designed to make equality and equity
in education, including a discussion of why they failed.
4. Make a case for and against charter schools.
5. Imagine yourself in a position of power, what reforms would you
enact to insure equality and equity in education?
6. What three factors do you think are most important to address if
your goal was creating quality education for all children?
7. Using the Apple article, describe the role of politics in reforms
targeted toward equity and equality in education.
8. _____________ efforts have historically focused on integrating Black
and White students.
9. In the 1980s, the emphasis shifted from a focus on desegregation to
one of _______________.
10. Which Supreme Court case decision was heralded for the successful
integration of schools in one district:
11. According to Holland, social status among students is affected by:
12. VDP stands for:
13. According to Holland, why are black males more likely to date white
females than black females are to date white males?
14. Charter schools differ from public schools in that they are
developed and managed by:
15. One rationale for charter schools is that:
16. Historically, which factor has been a cause of white flight?
17. Darling–Hammond’s image an alternative system for creating
successful schools involves
18. Which is not a school policy that Holland mentioned that increases
racial segregation within a school?
19. According to Downey and Gibbs, a student’s academic achievement is
closely tied with:
20. According to a calculation down by Downey and Gibbs, the average
student has spent _____ of their waking hours in school over the course
of the first 18 years of their life.
21. A study by Heyns found that:
22. According to Apple, conservatives are more likely to favor programs
focused on
23. Apple argues that conservatives are effective in putting in place
their educational agenda because they:
24. American public schools have become more segregated.
25. Desegregation efforts were largely a result of decisions by the
courts.
26. Minority males typically are able to socially integrate easier than
minority females.
27. According to Holland, schools that are racially balanced have the
best chances to be completely desegregated.
28. Charter schools are among most rapidly growing educational
institutions in the U.S.
29. Charter schools are always held accountable for their performance.
30. Darling–Hammond believes that charter schools are sufficient in and
of themselves to provide the innovation we need in the organization of
our schools.
31. Darling–Hammond argues that schools need to do more to develop the
professional capacity of teachers.
32. Students with parents that have both low and high SES tend to
suffer “summer setback” the same.
33. According to Apple, the educational policy of progressives should
take the standpoint of those with the least power.
34. Apple argues that the educational agendas of conservatives and
liberals are similar.