Public schools in the United States are () the control of the individual states.
A.over
B.under
C.in
D.at
A.over
B.under
C.in
D.at
In some countries, ______ are called "public schools" are not owned by the public.
A.which
B.as
C.what
D.that
What the Chicago Public schools prefers to in language education is
A.the gradual approach.
B.the immersion.
C.English teaching first.
D.the dabate over the issue.
听力原文: Religions and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States. As a result, they are more expensive to attend. The religious schools in America are usually nm by churches. Therefore they tend to be less expensive than private schools. When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people spend money on private schools? Americans offer a great variety of reasons for doing so. Some parents send their children to private schools because the classes there are usually smaller. In their opinion the public schools in their area are not of high enough quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States range widely in size and quality, and they offer all kinds of programs to meet the needs of certain students.
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A.The number of students they take in is limited.
B.They receive little or no support from public taxes.
C.They are only open to children from rich families.
D.They have to pay more taxes.
Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because______.
A.there were not enough American teachers
B.a program for foreign teachers was started
C.the school board was interested in foreign teachers
D.foreign teachers taught better than American teachers
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
A.responsibilities
B.intentions
C.probabilities
D.opportunities
Which of the following can serve as a title of this text?
A.Hard Time for the Preschoolers
B.Prosperity of Private Schools
C.The Problem for Public Schools
D.Americans's No 1 Concern
The first paragraph is mainly about ________.
A) recent predictions of computer-related jobs
B) the wide use of computers in schools
C) the urgency of computer education
D) public interest in computers
A Sense of Crisis
Around the world, governments see violence in schools as a growing problem.
The subject is on the agenda at a meeting of G8 education ministers in Japan in April, according to the European Commission, which is coordinating efforts by member governments of the European Union to deal with the issue. UNESCO, the United Nations' educational body in Paris, is preparing an action plan. And the U. S. administration is turning schools into hightech fortresses(堡垒) in its determination to defeat the problem.
Many educators, however, my governments are missing the point, which Kisa Savolainen of unesco says is that violence "is a problem of society reflected in the schools," and that schools are ill equipped to deal with the problem on their own.
Mrs. Savolainen, director of UNESCO's department for culture and peace, wondered how the situation would improve so long as some governments spend more money on prisons than schools, while domestic violence remains a daily reality for many children, or while teachers in somewhere continue to subject children to corporal punishment (体罚).
Nor does the American technological response do anything more than treat the symptoms, she said. It reinforces the idea in children's mind that "the whole structure of society is based on violence."
Karen Colvard, senior program officer with the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation, which studies violence in societies, said that the security introduced in innercity high schools in New York and elsewhere played more to public misinformation that the worm is meaner than it actually is. She said the real issue was the poor quality of education in those schools.
"The Board of education should have other priorities," she said. "It should be paying more attention to educational issues, which will have a bigger impact in the long run."
While violence clearly is an obstacle to education, a response wholly based on security considerations creates an environment that is not conductive to learning, according to an educator in New York, Peter Lewis. In a study for the American Anthropological Association, he described the oppressive atmosphere of a typical innercity school: the crackle of guards' walkietalkies, the constant sirens and alarms, flashing strobe lights, beeps from metal detectors and the constant yelling of violent words derived from rap songs.
Nevertheless, following the killings at the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and other shootings last year, authorities in the United States are spending millions of dollars on alarm and video systems, metal detectors, physical barriers and uniformed guards—money that many educators say would have been better spent on teachers, books and better buildings.
Some educators also advocate counseling and tutoring programs, or childcare programs to prevent young students from being left on their own for hours.
Francois Marchand, president of a French institute for research into nonviolent resolution of conflict, recommends that children should be encouraged to understand aggressive instincts through role playing, which American educators call "peer mediation (调解)." The children "have to be caught young," Mr. Marchand said. "By the time they get to high school, it becomes not impossible, but a lot more difficult."
But there is considerable debate about the value of such conflict resolution programs. Some teachers believe they help institutionalize violence and are yet another distraction from the main business of teaching.
Governments do not .seem to know how to deal with the crisis, which affects both rich countries and poor. If there is conflict or violence in society, it will inevitably be reflected in the schools.
Mrs. Savolainen said there is some promise in a multipronged (多方面的) approach in th
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
Which of the following can serve as a title of this text?
[A] Hard Time for the Preschoolers
[B] Prosperity of Private Schools
[C] The Problem for Public Schools
[D] Americans 's N0 1 Concern