12-2 School and Inequality

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Across
  1. 2. ___ is cultural capital, & children from high incomes have twice as much of it as children from low incomes.
  2. 3. U.S. education system perpetuates a divide between different ____ , & different income levels.
  3. 7. If your parents have ____ from college, you are more likely to attend college, since there is an expectation.
  4. 8. One study showed that increasing school funds resulted in higher ____ for students when they grew up.
  5. 11. If your parents didn’t attend college, you face ____ to attending, like understanding admission applications.
  6. 12. If society has racial or gender ___ , then schools have them, because schools are built within society.
  7. 15. Local ___ ___ are used to fund schools, which means poor cities will have fewer resources for schools.
  8. 16. Grades measure a student’s effort & ability, but they also measure a student’s access to ____ & books.
  9. 18. An experience in your life that can be turned into financial capital, this is called ___ ___ .
  10. 20. ___ happens to minority students more often, which limits time in school, which impacts income levels.
Down
  1. 1. Conflict theory shows us how schools sometimes perpetuate _____ .
  2. 4. African American children live in poor neighborhoods, due to ___ , which means attending poor schools.
  3. 5. Conflict theory shows us how schools sometimes continue the differences in _____ , or family income.
  4. 6. Suspension from school can lead to kids breaking the law, or to the ___ to ___ pipeline
  5. 9. Some minority students are labeled ____ , so they do not take standardized tests & risk school funding .
  6. 10. In America, working hard in school is rewarded with high-paying jobs, which makes the U.S. a _____ .
  7. 13. ___ tests are made for the majority of students (middle class whites), so minorities score poorly.
  8. 14. _____ can lead to schools placing minority students into classes based upon race rather than ability.
  9. 17. Women make less money, because they are not engineers, because they were tracked out of harder ___ classes.
  10. 19. ____ cities provide better education than poorer cities, because schools are funded by local property tax.