Deck 10: Problems in Education and School Social Work

Question 1

​The school system in the United States:

A) ​works primarily toward educating lower-income students.
B) ​provides equal opportunity for a high-quality education to all its students.
C) is a mechanism for promoting racism and sexism in society.
D) is a mechanism for conveying a sense of citizenship responsibility.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

​All of the following statements are true about school financing except that:

A) ​schools in poor districts receive considerably more money per student than schools in wealthy districts.
B) ​in 1993 taxpayers in Michigan voted to abolish using property tax revenues to fund the public school system in that state.
C) ​there is growing opposition in the United States to using property tax dollars as the primary source of revenue for funding school systems.
D) ​a majority of the revenue for school districts in practically all states comes from local property taxes.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

​​The _____ must be designed to meet the unique educational needs of each child in the "least restrictive environment" appropriate to the needs of that child.

A) ​Race to the Top Program
B) ​Individualized Education Program
C) ​Common Core Standards plan
D) ​No Child Left Behind plan

Answer 3

B

Question 4

An Individualized Education Program team, which is convened to design an education plan for a child, must include all of the following except:

A) ​the child's parents.
B) ​a special education teacher.
C) ​a social worker.
D) ​​the child's sibling.

Question 5

​All of the following statements are true of the educational system in the United States except that:

A) ​it has frequently been asked to resolve and alleviate social problems.
B) ​it is expected to provide students of low-income families with the education and job-training skills that will enable them to escape from a life of poverty.
C) ​it must identify and refer for treatment those children who have emotional or learning problems.
D) it must adopt a punitive approach rather than a treatment approach toward students who abuse alcohol and other drugs.

Question 6

​As a_____, a social worker needs to analyze which parts of the structure are activating stress in a given situation and then alter that structure so that equilibrium is again maintained.

A) ​violence prevention specialist
B) ​mental health consultant
C) ​behavioral specialist
D) ​systems change specialist

Question 7

As a(n) _____, a social worker can serve as an advisor on human relations aspects of curriculum and on teaching style.

A) ​violence prevention specialist
B) mental health consultant
C) ​advocate
D) ​program research specialist

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the "No Child Left Behind" legislation?

A) It addresses the numerous physical, developmental, learning, and social-emotional problems that hamper the education of children.
B) ​It provides an incentive for school systems to encourage students who are low scoring on the standardized tests to drop out.
C) ​It was signed into law in 2012 by President Barack Obama.
D) ​It does not have the punitive Common Core Standards provision.

Question 9

​​The Education for All Handicapped Children Act passed in 1975 mandates:

A) ​that all states must test students in the fifth grade through the tenth grades annually in math and reading.
B) ​that each local school district must provide full and appropriate educational opportunities to all children with a disability.
C) ​that public school students, regardless of disability, economic status, ethnicity, or native language, need to meet state academic standards.
D) ​that school systems need to encourage students who are low scoring on standardized tests to drop out.

Question 10

According to Michael Rutter, the best schools:

A) ​maintained high academic standards.
B) ​required very little homework.
C) ​promoted social inequality.

Question 11

​​Schools in the United States have been criticized for:

A) ​denying sex education programs.
B) ​helping to perpetuate the class system.
C) ​promoting and advocating feminism.
D) ​providing vocational training to lower-income students.

Question 12

​According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy report released by the National Center for Education Statistics in the year 2007, _____ million people in the United States are estimated to have below basic literacy skills.

A) 10
B) ​72
C) 30

Question 13

​In the context of the nature of behavior, Alfie Kohn asserts that:

A) ​memorization of facts, standardized tests, and graduation requirements augment the educational process.
B) ​when students become obsessed with how well they're doing in school, they start thinking critically.
C) ​​the key product of learning is the development of an ability to critically, creatively, and individually think.
D) ​standardized tests enable teachers to spend time helping students to become critical, creative thinkers.

Question 14

​Which of the following is true about bilingual/bicultural education?

A) ​Students are taught wholly or partly in their native language until they can speak English fairly fluently.
B) ​Latinos with bilingual/bicultural education have substantially higher rates of literacy than do Whites.
C) ​California has recently implemented bilingual/bicultural education in all publicly funded schools.

Question 15

​Since the tragedy of Columbine High School, _____ is now part of a school social worker's new role.

A) behavioral assessment
B) ​advocacy
C) ​threat assessment
D) casework

Question 16

​Most teachers in schools:

A) ​have middle-class backgrounds.
B) ​have a doctorate degree.
C) ignore upper-class children.

Question 17

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education:

A) ​barred mental patients from being provided school-level education.
B) ​​revoked the policy of providing social benefits to families with male members.
C) ​ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

Question 18

​​_____ bullying includes shoving, kicking, punching, pushing, tickling, headlocks, school pranks, teasing, fighting, inappropriate touching, and use of available objects as weapons.

A) ​Physical
B) ​Verbal
C) ​Emotional
D) ​Mental

Question 19

The back-to-basics movement in school systems supports:

A) ​experimental and recreational facilities.
B) ​custodial facilities for the emotionally disturbed.
C) criteria mastery as the basis for grade promotion.
D) ​elective courses and social services by school social workers.

Question 20

​_____ are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that have been freed from the regulations, rules, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results.

A) ​Charter schools
B) ​Magnet schools
C) ​Home schools
D) ​Parochial schools

Question 21

​The Pygmalion effect means "self-fulfilling prophecy."

Question 22

​In the context of the nature of behavior, Rudolf Dreikurs postulated that the force behind every human action is a goal.

Question 23

Regarding the nature of behavior, Rudolf Dreikurs postulated that some children may display actual or imaginary disabilities in order to receive sympathy or be left alone so that nothing is demanded of them.

Question 24

​Many of the requirements for basic academic courses that were dropped in the 1960s and early 1970s have been reinstated in the past few decades.

Question 25

Opponents of bilingual education believe that bilingual education is expensive and reinforces separateness because it is a factor in keeping people of color living in ethnic communities.

Question 26

​Teachers' unions have generally supported the concept of master-teacher positions in school systems.

Question 27

​In 1999, the University of North Carolina reported that high-quality child care starting in infancy had a positive long-term educational effect.

Question 28

​All school districts have been able to meet the objectives of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.

Question 29

As program research specialists, an important focus for school social workers is on evidence-based practice.

Question 30

​Albert Ellis looks at behavior within the context of what he calls its ABCs: activating events, an individual's belief system, and the emotional consequence.

Question 31

​One of the three proposals for progressing toward equal educational opportunity is avoiding integrating students from different ethnic backgrounds into the same school.

Question 32

​In high school, lower-class and minority students are much more likely to be placed in college preparatory courses.

Question 33

In 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully placed a satellite in orbit before the United States did, the general public of the United States blamed the educational system for neglecting subjects that were vital to national survival.

Question 34

​The Individuals with Disabilities Act was formerly known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act.

Question 35

Regarding new trends and ideas in education, Alfie Kohn believes that standardized testing cannot measure what is ultimately most important-the ability to think for oneself.

Question 36

​The advent of the computer age may be a new factor that widens the gap between the rich and the poor.

Question 37

The "back-to-basics" movement in school systems urges that teachers receive salary increases based on seniority rather than merit.

Question 38

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 mandated that all school districts identify students with physical, developmental, learning, and social-emotional problems and then develop specialized programs to meet their needs.

Question 39

The parental choice of schools approach strengthens the neighborhood school concept.

Question 40

Low-income and minority students who do pursue a college education have greater difficulty competing academically with wealthier students, partly because they generally must work to offset some of their expenses.

Question 41

Describe the educational system in the United States.

Question 42

​Do you support or oppose using school busing to achieve racial integration?  Why?

Question 43

​Why do you think school systems in the United States have failed to provide equal opportunity for a high-quality education to all the students?

Question 44

​Briefly describe the following traditional roles of a school social worker: caseworker and truant officer.

Question 45

What are the consequences of making schools heavily dependent on local financing? 

Question 46

​How can teachers and parents curb cyberbullying?

Question 47

​Summarize Alfie Kohn's criticisms of school systems, and outline his suggestions for making education a meaningful experience for students.

Question 48

​Explain how the strategies of increasing incentives for teachers and allowing parental choice of schools can help improve education in the United States.

Question 49

​Do you support or oppose bilingual education in publicly funded schools? Why?

Question 50

​Which approach do you believe will better improve education-the back-to-basics movement or the critical thinking movement?  Why?

Question 51

​Describe a school social worker's role as a mental health consultant.

Question 52

​Briefly describe how reforming school financing will help achieve equal educational opportunity in the United States.