Issues+in+Education

=Issues in Education=
 * 1) Summarize the "Historical Perspective" of this issue. (see timeline at the bottom of pages 904 - 905 as well)
 * 2) What efforts are being made to improve schools?
 * 3) Why is school funding a controversial political issue?
 * 4) What issues divide people about the concept of affirmative action?

Answers: 1. -By 1990, almost 3/4 of all 8-14 year olds have attended school. -Public secondary education failed to reach most African Americans in the early 20th century, but in 1954, the supreme court case of Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka that the federal court decides to call for an end of separate schools for African Americans. -By the 1960's, many students in the inner city schools were housed in unsafe houses and buildings that had dated instructional material. -Though students living in the suburbs enjoyed all of the new equipment that made the schools more enjoyable.