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Question 1

OPEC

Answer 1

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

1960

arab and non-arab nations

their goal is achieving control over price and production levels

1973 there was an Arab Oil Embargo

now they are more dependent on Western consumption patterns for money so not as powerful

Question 2

Project Independence

Answer 2

1973-Nixon wanted to achieve energy self-sufficiency by 1980

Question 3

oil dependence has hidden costs like:

Answer 3

military and defense spending

Question 4

Conservative vs Liberal thought on Education

Answer 4

conservatives feel: the burden is on the individual. they would rather have family, state government, and local schools make the decisions

liberals feel: education can remedy social ineqaulities so they want to federal government to take control

Question 5

Higher Education in the US

Answer 5

tax-supported public instutitions make up the most of higher education

about 80% of college kids in the US go to public institutions

the federal government provides aide through grants, work study, etc

Question 6

efforts to reform financial disparities in school districts

Answer 6

california supreme court ruled that the condition of wealth of a child’s parents or neighbors can not affect education

about 30 states followed in this ruling

Question 7

poor schools districts tend to:

Answer 7

have higher student teach ratios

spend more time on core ed than college prep

have lower teach salaries

spend less on construction projects

Question 8

schools in higher cost of living areas have:

Answer 8

higher costs for teachers, transportation, etc

Question 9

Minimum Competency Tests (MCTs)

Answer 9

low student achievement concers in the 1990s led to 40 states adopting these tests that you needed to pass to get a HS diploma

they were charged with being biased, statistically unreliable, and a simple solution to a complex problem

Question 10

Bilingual Education Programs

Answer 10

not a right or an entitlement, but a policy option that is unresolved as an issue. is it positive or negative?

Question 11

charter schools

Answer 11

introduced in the mid 1980s and designed to to allow an independent legal entity responsible for delivery of education program

state board can grant a charter to a public or private entity

it is tuition free and recieves funding from the state

blurs distinction between public and private school