Day One
- Intro Questions
- Do you think that education is a means to increase your income?
- Do you think there are inequities in the public education system?
- Do you think all economic classes have fair access to high quality education and income mobility?
- Review of some equity language.
- Jeopardy
Team 1-400 Team 2-200 Team 3-100 Team 4-300 Questions gone: Poverty 100,500 RGE 200,300,400 CE 300 EoE 100 CoE 100,300,400
Day Two
- Debate Introduction
- Choose Roles
- Finish Jeopardy
- Reflection
- Return to your intro questions and answer them again.
- Research
Day Three
- Debate Research
Day Four
- Debate
- Reflection
- Write a paragraph explaining your answer to the debate question.
- Jonathan Kozol Reading Page 1, 2, 3, 4
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What are your initial thoughts or feelings? Can you relate to
any of the experiences described in the passage? Are there any parts of the
passage that especially struck you? If you attended this school, would you feel
optimistic that you could live a successful life once you graduated? Why? What
are some ways that this school could be improved?
TABLE 2. INCOME MOBILITY TRANSITION MATRIX, 1968-91
| |
1991 Income Quintile |
|
| 1968 Income Quintile |
Lowest |
Second |
Middle |
Fourth |
Highest |
Total |
| Lowest |
46.7 |
24.5 |
17.3 |
8.7 |
2.7 |
100.0 |
| Second |
23.6 |
26.2 |
26.4 |
14.3 |
9.6 |
100.0 |
| Middle |
13.6 |
21.8 |
20.2 |
26.2 |
18.2 |
100.0 |
| Fourth |
9.2 |
16.7 |
20.4 |
26.2 |
27.6 |
100.0 |
| Highest |
6.7 |
10.8 |
16.1 |
24.5 |
42.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Source: Gottschalk tabulations of the PSID, reported in Mishel, Bernstein, and Schmitt (1997). |
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