Check out the questions below for each of the readings that you have completed for this section of our class. Answer 1 question from 4 of the readings listed below. For example,
What was the Williams v. California case about?
How are public schools funded in the U.S.? What is the primary form of funding?
In most states what is the ratio between per pupil spending in the richest and poorest districts?
What is Title I and why does it reinforce funding inequalities?
In California how much do high-poverty and low-poverty districts spend per pupil?
In California how much do high-minority and low-minority districts spend per pupil?
In the U.S. how many children live in poverty? How does that compare to most European nations?
What are U.S. schools asked to do that those in European countries do not?
In Finland what percent of children:
are enrolled in government-subsidized day care programs until they go to school at seven years?
attend tuition-free preschool at the age of six?
