Unit 7: Homing in on Education

Circle the correct answer.

1. The effectiveness of home schooling is ___________. Some people believe it provides children with a superior education but others think it is too limiting.
a. debatable b. challenging c. isolated

2. There are many different ways to ___________a student’s learning. Students may take tests, write essays, or complete projects to show what they have learned.
a. ensure b. assess c. isolate

3. The government tries to ____________all children receive a basic education, so it has standards that all schools, even home schools, must meet.
a. ensure b. debate c. state

4. Most children attend ____________schools which have teachers and large classrooms.
a. mainstream b. home c. private

5. Home schools are on the edge of community life, but their __________role may change dramatically in the next twenty years.
a. debatable b. mainstream c. marginal

6. Children in home schools ____________group-learning experiences that other children get in classrooms and on school sports teams.
a. ensure b. miss out on c. assess

7. Some critics say that home schooled children are ___________other children because they spend so much time at home with their parents.
a. busy with b. bullying c. isolated from

8. Teenagers often do dangerous things because they want to be accepted by their group. They make decisions based on __________and not their own good judgment.
a. peer pressure b. bullying c. resources

9. When children hurt, intimidate, or force weaker children to do things, they are ___________.
a. applying peer pressure b. bullying c. curious

10. Many home schools ___________in the past twenty years. It is expected even more will form over the next twenty years.
a. have disappeared b. have emerged c. have been isolated

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