ACS Exam One- Education

Basis for optimistic views for social mobility; believed in empowerment through education with 4 main areas of study (PE, Political, Moral, and Religious Education)

Current state of American Education; Poor assessment of the educational standing in America- misguided value placed on education by political leaders and voters

How public school cripples our children; public schools exist to fulfill six covert functions meant to cripple kids

Teacher who never lost sight of what can be accompilished in a classroom; students have tremendous unrealized potential have been written off by the school system (vocational track)

Schools program students for success or failure according to socioeconomic status; differences between schools go beyond resources- to teaching methods and philosophies of education

Self-education liberated himself from the 'whitened' history taught in schools; taught himself how to read in prison with a dictionary

Succeeding at education- cultural self-betrayal or act of rebellion or agianst racism and self-oppression; she does it for her parents/herself but understands later why the girl was mad

Resegregation of America's urban schools and the negative impact of education reform; low-class scools operate on a "do what I tell you, how I tell you, when I tell you"- forced curriculum because worst teachers go to low-class schools

Meaning of liberal education and reasons that threaten the future of it; he regrets the idea that we go to school solely to get a job- we don't get a true liberal education

Follow the dreams of 'undocumented' students and support for the DREAM Act; graduates that are undocumented because of their parents actions are unable to find a meaningful job