The US Educational System Has Long Been Based on a Dominant-Culture

question 18

True/False

The U.S. educational system has long been based on a dominant-culture, middle-class value structure which has resulted in students from many non-dominant groups being placed in remedial classes.

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Big Five

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Neuroticism

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Reciprocal Determinism

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