Kozol notes that the United States has an national ideal of universal public education that affords all children equal opportunity within the borders of a democratic entity. He further notes that
a. public preschool programs, such as Head Start and Universal Pre-K, are effective in helping poor children catch up so that they will be on relatively equal footing with children from wealthier families.
b. this ideal is seldom honored.
c. the primary responsibility of insuring small children's readiness for public education rests with their mothers.
d. the increased funds provided by the No Child Left Behind legislation will help insure that this ideal is fulfilled.
Question 2
Hochschild and Machung note that women have more of an economic need for marriage than men do.
a. True
b. False
