Select the correct answer. Read the excerpt from a speech by US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. What is the speech’s purpose?

A.
to inform the country what students are learning in their local schools
B.
to gain support for a law that would improve student achievement
C.
to explain the roles of teachers in creating a better learning environment
D.
to support a law that requires children to begin learning at a very young age

Describe a situation in which you experienced unfamiliar cultural patterns. what was going on? how did this experience make you feel? does learning more about culture make encountering cultural diversity easier? why or why not?

What are policymakers trying to do by using the media to deliver specific messages to citizens?

The technique of getting a commitment from a potential customer and then changing the terms of the agreement is best described as low-balling. cognitive dissonance. reciprocal concession. the foot-in-the-door technique. a half-dozen high school students are going to a concert. chantal wants to wear a new colorful outfit that she just received as a gift, but she assumes that her five friends will all be wearing nothing but black leather. chantal decides to do likewise, and leaves her colorful outfit in the closet. chantal’s behavior is an example of conformity. resistance. reciprocation wariness. idiosyncrasy credits.