Public Schools in the United States Are Separate and Unequal

question 21

Multiple Choice

Public schools in the United States are separate and unequal. The more affluent middle class tends to __________.

• A) home school their children to keep them away from students of color
• B) use their monetary resources to pay students of color to leave the neighborhood schools
• C) move to the suburbs and have their children attend mostly-white schools
• D) send their children to the most underfunded schools with the hope that gentrification will begin

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