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Compile articles from newspapers, magazines, and the
Internet discussing low achievement in the public schools. Do these sources
consider the kinds of material presented in this chapter? How? What solutions
do the authors propose? What is your assessment of the likely effectiveness of
these solutions?

Imagine that you have been hired as a new teacher in a
school with a racial, economic, and linguistic composition quite unlike your
own background.What can you do to improve your chances to succeed, and whom
might you ask for assistance?

1. Which revisionist arguments are the most persuasive?
Which are most vulnerable to criticism?
2. To what extent would you be willing to contact parents of
low-achieving students when you become a teacher? Do you think this should be
part of the classroom teacher’s responsibilities?

What can teachers and schools do to overcome each of the
school-related obstacles and problems that contribute to low achievement among
economically disadvantaged students? What might you accomplish in working to
overcome these obstacles and solve these problems?

Social class relates both to achievement in elementary and
secondary schools and to entry into and graduation from college. Students with
low socioeconomic status tend to rank low in educational attainment;
middle-class students tend to rank high. Low achievement is particularly a
problem in poverty areas of large cities.

1. Should first-year teachers be assigned difficult classes
such as this one? Justify your answer.
2. What obstacles must David hurdle to be considered an
effective teacher?
3. How would you prepare for and handle a class such as
this?

Write a description of the “regularities” of schooling as
you remember them at the high school you attended. Compare your description
with those of your classmates. Do these patterns seem to vary much from one
school to another? If so, how?

1. In your experience, which types of students are most
popular? Do you believe that popularity patterns have changed much in recent
decades? If so, why?
2. What might the schools do to alleviate problems of drug
use, violence, and teenage pregnancy? What should they do? Do you believe the
“might” and “should” are different? Why or why not?

1. How do adolescents’ socialization experiences differ in
urban and rural communities? Are such differences declining over time, and if
so, why?
2. How does “schooling” differ from “education”? As a
prospective teacher, what implications do you see in this line of analysis?

Youth has become a separate stage of life marked by
immersion in various subcultures.Teenage drug use and drinking, suicide,
pregnancy, delinquency, and violence raise serious concerns about the
development of adolescents and youth both inside and outside the school.