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Chapter 16 | Education 369
16.3 Issues in Education
As schools continue to fill many roles in the lives of students, challenges arise. Historical issues include the racial desegregation of schools, marked by the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling. In today’s diverse educational landscape, socioeconomic status and diversity remain at the heart of issues in education, with programs such as the Head Start program attempting to give students equal footing. Other educational issues that impact society include charter schools, teaching to the test, student loan debt, and homeschooling.
One hot topic is the Common Core State Standards, or the Common Core. The primary controversy over the Common Core, from the standpoint of teachers, parents and students, and even administrators, is not so much the standards themselves, but the assessment process and the high stakes involved
Section Quiz
16.1 Education around the World
1. What are the major factors that affect education systems throughout the world?
a. Resources and money
b. Student interest
c. Teacher interest
d. Transportation
2. What do nations that are top-ranked in science and math have in common?
a. They are all in Asia.
b. They recruit top teachers.
c. They spend more money per student.
d. They use cutting-edge technology in classrooms.
3. Informal education _________________.
a. describes when students teach their peers
b. refers to the learning of cultural norms
c. only takes place at home
d. relies on a planned instructional process
4. Learning from classmates that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of ________.
a. cultural transmission
b. educational access
c. formal education
d. informal education
5. The 1972 case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia set a precedent for __________.
a. access to education
b. average spending on students
c. desegregation of schools
d. teacher salary
16.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Education
6. Which of the following is not a manifest function of education?
a. Cultural innovation
b. Courtship
c. Social placement
d. Socialization
7. Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.
a. cultural innovation
b. social control
c. social placement
d. socialization
8. Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo? a. Conflict theory
b. Feminist theory