Deck 11: Can Schools Change Educational Reform and Change

Question 1

The first broad educational reform in the United States, as described in the Introduction to Chapter 11, was associated with ______.

A) Goals 2000
B) Race to the Top
C) No Child Left Behind
D) A Nation at Risk

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Current educational reforms in the United States are focused on ______.

A) language skills
B) mathematics and science skills
C) standards and testing
D) teacher skills

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to Apple, educational reforms can be unsuccessful even when they have good intentions because ______.

A) schools will not enforce them
B) policy makers are unaware of the realities of classrooms
C) low-income students cannot fulfill the requirements
D) all of these

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to Apple, conservative social movements are successful because ______.

A) they are powerful
B) they can connect to people who may ordinarily disagree with them
C) they have an understanding of peoples' experiences and fears
D) all of these

Question 5

No-excuses schools were originally created to ______.

A) improve achievement in urban schools
B) discipline children with behavioral problems
C) improve teacher performance
D) none of these

Question 6

Which is not a result of no-excuse discipline?

A) narrowed achievement gap
B) strong interpersonal skills
C) lowered student confidence
D) none of these

Question 7

According to Illich, neither learning nor justice is promoted by schooling because educators insist on packaging instruction with ______.

A) curriculum
B) specialization
C) stratification
D) certification

Question 8

According to Illich, teaching basic skills ______.

A) is not necessary
B) could be done by anyone with a little training
C) would be difficult to accomplish in a deschooled society
D) would require regular schools for short periods of time

Question 9

In order to achieve deschooling in society, Illich argued that ______.

A) schools would have to be reshaped to include adults
B) more social services would have to be added to schools
C) laws would have to be changed to keep unschooled people from being discriminated against
D) all of these

Question 10

There is a tendency for schools to remain "as is" rather than create long-term change.

Question 11

According to Golan, no-excuse schools prepare students for college well.

Question 12

No-excuse schools eliminate social inequality in cultural skills.

Question 13

Conservatives are more successful than progressives in the realm of school reform.

Question 14

Educators play a big role in school reform.

Question 15

Teacher-student relationships suffer at no-excuse schools.

Question 16

Teachers should use a warm/strict teaching style in school environments according to Golan.

Question 17

An advantage of a deschooled society is that people's networks should expand.

Question 18

Illich explains that making intellectual matches in a deschooled society could be as simple as putting a book next to your coffee mug in a coffee shop.

Question 19

According to Illich, most learning is the result of teaching.