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soccerdreamer_17

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Which of the following statements about education in the United States is correct?
 
  a. Students achieve at relatively the same levels regardless of their economic background.
  b. Today, the success rate for poorer students in higher education is increasing dramatically due to early childhood education.
  c. We need many more enrichment programs for the working poor, as studies show this is the only way to create an egalitarian system.
  d. Today, there is a growing divide between the success of education for the upper classes and that of the working and lower classes.
  e. There is not a positive correlation between education and salary.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about high-achieving but low-income students is NOT correct?
 
  a. They are expected to adjust to a different and unfamiliar sociocultural environment than the one they were born into.
  b. They do not have to worry about the financial costs of college and how those will affect them after graduation.
  c. They often come from homes that lack two strongly supportive parents.
  d. They have not had access to all the cultural and educational opportunities of wealthier children.
  e. They often attended public schools that provided less enrichment opportunities than those students who attended private schools.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b



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