1. According to Nikole Hannah-Jones what is the relationship between residential patterns, school choice, and segregation?
2. How does racism affect the achievement gap?
3. According to the NPR investigation, what are the key struggles facing American schools today? Is the experience of schools across districts, and states the same? How do residential patterns determine access to schooling?
How does America fund its schools? Is this model of funding schools different from the country/ county/state you went to school in? Do you agree or disagree that a school-funding system that depends on local property tax revenue is fundamentally unfair to poorer districts? Provide clear reason for your position and write an answer as though you are explaining it to someone who does not agree with your stance.
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4. According to Jennifer Lee what do we mean by the model minority myth and Asian American exceptionalism? What are the consequences of both these concepts? What is the stereotype promise and how does it affect Asian American students? What is symbolic capital and what does the author mean by ‘Asian American Symbolic Capital’ and its impact on these students? How do racial stereotypes affect and shape the experiences and performances of students from different racial-ethnic groups?
5. What is the role of family background in influencing student achievement? Are family education, income, parents’ criminal activity, and family structure important in shaping educational trajectories? What solutions does the author offer to offset the effects of family disadvantage?1. According to Nikole Hannah-Jones what is the relationship between residential patterns, school choice, and segregation?
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