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Estimate the Social, Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds for Today's Students

We don't know where or who you will teach and you probably don't either. But, if the diverse characteristics of today's children were merged into a classroom of 30 individuals that become your students, what percentage of children:






1Would be children of color
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



2Would be living with two parents(biological or adoptive)
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



3Were born to a teenage mother
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



4Have a foreign-born mother
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



5Will never complete a single year of college
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



6Were born to unmarried parents
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



7Will be poor at some point in childhood
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



8Speak a language at home other than English
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



9Will live in a single parent family at some point in childhood 50%
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%



10Have no health insurance
A)1%-15%
B)16%-30%
C)31%-45%
D)46%-60%
E)61%-75%
F)76%-90%
G)91%-100%







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