According to Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol, How Do Schools

question 5

Multiple Choice

According to Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol, how do schools reinforce inequality?

• A) by singling out students from poor backgrounds for criticism
• B) by busing students to schools far away from their homes, disrupting their schedules and removing them from their natural peers
• C) by using local property taxes to fund public schools, trapping poor children in poor schools
• D) by "teaching to the test," which removes many more creative subjects from the curriculum
• E) by privileging athletes and giving them a much easier educational path

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