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