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Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology

John J Macionis, Nijole V Benokraitis

Chapter 64

“Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools” - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

In principle, what should our schools do for all children?

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Problem 2

Point to specific differences in schools that Kozol claims amount to "savage inequalities." Do you agree with his argument that schools stack the deck against poor children?

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Problem 3

What about parents who claim they have earned the right to give their children whatever privileges they can afford to? Would you support a government-imposed equal-funding rule to give children in every neighborhood roughly the same quality of schooling?

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