WorksheetsGentrification article #2, spiral review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
Select two central ideas of the text.
Gentrification is closing schools in wealthy communities because nobody wants to attend them.
Gentrification can be beneficial to schools and communities.
Upper-class families are choosing to send their kids to private schools and not give public schools a chance.
Gentrification is causing schools to have lower enrollment numbers.
Ensuring that schools remain integrated and diverse is a challenge for many gentrified areas.
Select two pieces of evidence that support the central ideas from question one.
1)Gentrification can be beneficial to schools and communities.
2)Ensuring that schools remain integrated and diverse is a challenge for many gentrified areas.
"This is a promising development since desegregated schools are strongly linked with numerous positive outcomes."
"Most cities and districts experiencing rapid gentrification haven’t yet figured out what those policies might look like, but some are trying to develop them."
"affluent families...are willing to bet on public schools before this diversity disappears."
"School and community leaders should also focus on the development and promotion of dual language schools..."
"However, successful management of the gentrification process is essential to ensure that it creates inclusive communities rather than displacing low-income residents and residents of color."
Select the meaning of the word capitalize as it is used in the sentence below.
For schools to capitalize on the integrative possibilities of this wave of urban gentrification, they need a strategy to attract newcomers while also encouraging positive diversity.
to make a letter larger
to ignore
to take advantage of
to learn more about
Select the phrase below that helped determine that capitalize means "to take advantage of."
"wave of urban gentrification"
"positive diversity"
"attract newcomers"
"integrative possibilites"
Select two words that convey the optimistic tone of this text.
solutions
encouraging
rapid
displacing
disinvested
How does the phrase "this is a promising development" create an optimistic tone in the text?
The phrase encourages the reader to be more critical of the developments the author discusses.
The phrase emphasizes the benefits of a gentrified neighborhood on local schools.
The phrase highlights a difference between gentrified and non-gentrified neighborhoods.
The phrases explains how little is being done to combat gentrification.
What purpose does the section "Combating Negative Effects on Gentrification" serve in developing the ideas of the article?
This section lists steps on how to combat gentrification in local schools.
This section details a study on which neighborhoods are most at risk of being gentrified.
This section introduces an expert that is quoted multiple times throughout the article.
This sections explains possible solutions to the issues gentrification is causing with schools.
What role does the introduction play in the article?
It compares the test scores of a schools in a gentrified area to a school in a non-gentrified area.
It lists how schools and communities are benefitting from gentrification.
It describes possible solutions that schools are implementing to solve problems that arise from being in a gentrified area.
It suggests that gentrification is not as big of a problem as low funding for public schools.
What is the purpose of the following statement in the article?
"However, successful management of the gentrification process is essential to ensure that it creates inclusive communities rather than displacing low-income residents and residents of color."
It suggests that gentrification needs to be controlled so it is not benefiting only some people while hurting others.
It outlines a plan to integrate schools that have been affected by gentrification and displacement.
It suggests that gentrification is meant to benefit the wealthy since they have the money to live in specific areas/
It outlines the reasons why gentrification is hurting some people and assisting others.
How does the following statement contribute to the author's overall purpose of the article?
to convince schools to spend more time being welcoming to all students
to focus on how schools need to direct attention to how gentrification may be affecting their school population
to entertain the reader with a personal story about their schooling as a child
to show that schools are committed to providing a high quality education for all students
How does the point of view of this author differ from the viewpoint of the principal from Greenlee Elementary in article one?
This author believes gentrification is an imagined phenomena.
This author thinks gentrification is not a problem and should be encouraged.
This author feels that gentrification is more beneficial that harmful.
This author believes gentrification has no great effect on schools.
