chap 12 exam 3

Question 1

education

Answer 1

the transmission of society’s norms, values, and knowledge base by means of direct instruction

Question 2

formal education

Answer 2

Education that occurs within academic institutions such as schools

Question 3

Mass education

Answer 3

the extension of formal schooling to wide segments of the population

Question 4

literacy

Answer 4

the ability to read and write at a basic level

Question 5

Public education

Answer 5

a universal education system provided by the government and funded by tax revenues rather than student fees

Question 6

credential society

Answer 6

a society in which access to desirable work and social status depends on the possession of a certificate or diploma certifying the completion of formal education

Question 7

School segregation

Answer 7

the education of radical minorities in schools that are geographically, economically, and or socially separate from those attended by whites

Question 8

De Facto segregation

Answer 8

School segregation based on residential patterns of student choice, which persists even though legal segregation is now outlawed in the united states

Question 9

!word poverty

Answer 9

lower level of literacy

Question 10

!local property tax

Answer 10

how schools are funded