Directions: Please answer ONLY 2 of the questions numbered 1 through 7. Each numbered question has multiple parts. You’ll need to answer all parts of the question to receive full credit for your response. Your responses to each numbered question should be at least 2 pages long. You are allowed to use the readings. Please be advised – I use plagiarism software to assess your responses for unauthorized borrowing, collaboration, and the use of AI tools (like ChatGPT and Grammarly). Use the readings only! You don’t need (nor do I want to see) outside sources. You have plenty of material to draw from with the readings alone.
Answer all parts of the numbered question. The essay should be 4 pages altogether.
Question 1: School Sector (2 pages)
a. According to the authors you read, how are private, Catholic, and charter schools different from traditional public schools? How do these differences explain (or not explain) higher levels of achievement in private schools compared to public schools?
b. Based on the PowerPoints and the readings, what are the problems associated with charter and private schools?
Question 2: Resource Inequality (2 pages)
a. People have often used Coleman’s work to argue that family effects on student learning are larger than school effects. Use the PowerPoints and your own reading of Coleman’s work to refute that argument. In answering this question, you will also think about the question “How do schools matter and who do they matter for?”.
b. Then summarize Darling-Hammond’s argument about why funding is important for schools. What does her chapter show about how funding impacts students?
**Articles and pp for both will be attached with file name associated with the specific question)*
