Deck 8: Educational Inequality

Question 1

In the opening story of Riverview High School, the researchers explain that it is not just a good school, but a _______, _______ school.

A) good, affordable
B) great, multicultural
C) good, diverse
D) competitive, affordable

Answer 1

C

Question 2

At Riverside High School, which students were far over-represented in the school's "low" academic tracks?

A) Black and poor
B) Latino and poor
C) Black and Latino
D) Latino and International

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, children who were not White were prevented from attending White schools under the legal doctrine of:

A) segregation now, segregation forever.
B) separate but equal.
C) separate but equally funded.
D) separate but necessary.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

States across the South offered free public schooling for all children by the end of the ________.

A) Civil War.
B) Great Emancipation.
C) era of slavery.
D) nineteenth century.

Question 5

The United States, in an effort to force Native Americans to abandon their culture and assimilate into a Christian, White society, created Indian schools. Which type of school were Native American children NOT encouraged to attend?

A) Local public schools outside of reservations
B) Boarding schools outside of reservations
C) Boarding schools located on reservations
D) Day schools on reservations

Question 6

Starting in 1819, there were federally subsidized mission schools, which focused on teaching Native American children about:

A) Cleanliness.
B) homemaking and vocations.
C) Christianity.
D) their heritage.

Question 7

At Indian Boarding Schools, Native American girls were taught ___________ and boys were required to _______________.

A) math, science, and spelling; do physical labor.
B) kitchen duties, sewing, and ironing; do farm labor, gardening, and carpentry.
C) to be good wives; marry them.
D) how to speak English; be servants.

Question 8

What percentage of schools in Texas were racially and ethnically segregated in the 1930s?

A) 70%
B) 80%
C) 90%
D) 100%

Question 9

In late 1880s, a White school refused to let Mamie Tape, an 8-year-old Chinese American girl attend the school. Her parents filed a lawsuit. Instead of allowing her to attend the White school, the school board:

A) paid a settlement.
B) had a school built for Chinese children.
C) paid for her to attend a private school.
D) gave her books to study at home.

Question 10

What was the name of the 1924 case that involved Native American children and school desegregation in California?

A) Little Feather v. Bishop
B) Begay v. Blanding
C) Piper v. Big Pine
D) Deere v. Ferndale

Question 11

Around the time of the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, what was the national average expenditure for Black students compared to White students?

A) less than a quarter (1/4)
B) less than a third (1/3)
C) less than half (1/2)
D) less than two-thirds (2/3)

Question 12

Which of the following is an affirmative action case where a White plaintiff argued they were denied equal protection under the law?

A) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
B) Romney v. University of Utah
C) University of Minnesota v. Williams
D) Gilmore v. University of Wisconsin

Question 13

Between 1971 and 1996, the gap in ________ test scores between Black and Whites shrank by almost one-half?

A) math
B) science
C) reading
D) writing

Question 14

When looking at the whole population combined, it becomes apparent that Asian students are outperforming all other students in test scores, high school and college completion rates. These achievements led to the perception that Asians are a racial group that has succeeded in the U.S. This perception is called the:

A) model minority myth
B) smart Asian fallacy
C) tiger mom method
D) overachiever principle

Question 15

The disparate educational outcomes of Whites, Asians, Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans is called:

A) The Legacy of Segregation.
B) The Racial Inequality Measure.
C) The Achievement Gap.
D) The Educational Inequality Obstacle.

Question 16

When looking at affirmative action programs in Brazil, the students most likely to gain admission to free public universities are:

A) students who live in the poorest areas of Brazil.
B) students whose parents did not attend college.
C) students who attend expensive, elite secondary schools.
D) students who have experienced racial discrimination.

Question 17

When it comes to measuring educational achievement, which of the following is NOT an important factor:

A) family income.
B) parental education.
C) socioeconomic status.
D) intelligence score.

Question 18

The thesis that Black children receive signals from both White and Black communities that lead them to reject schooling as a route to success is called:

A) self-fulfilling prophecy.
B) oppositional culture.
C) rebellion doctrine.
D) militant mythology.

Question 19

Relationships and networks that offer social and other benefits is called:

A) cultural capital.
B) human capital.
C) economic capital.
D) social capital.

Question 20

When a teacher or other authority figure interprets children's behavior as if they were adults, it means that they _________ children:

A) maturify
B) adultify
C) growify
D) advancify

Question 21

In the opening story about Riverview High School, why do Black and Latino parents choose to send their children there?

Question 22

In what ways were Black children prevented access to education?

Question 23

Why did some Native American children attend boarding schools by choice?

Question 24

How did Pike and Annie Piper win the case that allowed their daughter, Alice, to attend the local White school?

Question 25

Why did Abigail Fisher, a White student, lose her case of discrimination based on race against The University of Texas?

Question 26

Why is the model minority myth wrong?

Question 27

What did the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil announce in October 2003 in regard to affirmative action?

Question 28

What is tracking?

Question 29

What is the school-to-prison pipeline?

Question 30

In the opening story, what is the overall lesson about Riverview High School?

Question 31

What were some of the hardships Native American children endured at the "Indian schools?"

Question 32

Fordham and Ogbu's theory of oppositional culture and acting White received a lot of media attention because it reinforced stereotypes about Black students not taking school seriously. What is a shortcoming of their study and what have studies found since?

Question 33

Describe the Asian American Achievement Paradox.