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Education, Science, and Technology
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Automation refers to the automatically controlled operation of machines by mechanical or electronic devices.
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The interactionist perspective believes that schools become a problem when the elite feel that they are not getting what they deserve from the schools.
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The danger with tracking in schools is that students and teachers might use the tracking "label" to determine how they should behave.
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The clearest determinant of whether or not a student will attend college is their academic ability.
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Schools in the United States tend to be well integrated among racial and economic groups.
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Voters in California in 1998 abandoned their bilingual education program in favor of a rapid immersion program.
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The U.S. Patriot Act of 2001 makes it more difficult for the government to intrude on people's privacy.
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The United States education system is much more decentralized than that of France, Sweden, and Japan.
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Charter schools appear to be a good solution to improving test scores of inner city children.
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Futurists believe that the foundation of the United States in the future will be information, communication, and knowledge.
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