How Well Do You Know The History of Education?

Question 1

When was the Public School Choice law implemented?

Accepted Answer

1985

Question 2

Google was founded by...

Accepted Answer

2 Harvard students

Question 3

What was wildly popular educational computer game came out in 1985?

Accepted Answer

Where in the World is Carmen, San Diego?, Oregon Trail

Question 4

State "virtual" schools existed in how many states by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year?

Accepted Answer

25

Question 5

T or F White boards were introduced in 1990 because of excessive chalk dust on teachers

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

The first interactive whiteboard, which can connect to a computer, is introduced in what year?

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 7

About ____% of U.S. public schools had internet access in 2002.

Accepted Answer

99

Question 8

What went live in February 2005?

Accepted Answer

YouTube

Question 9

What type of intellectual test lay the groundwork for standardized tests in the early 1900's?

Accepted Answer

A test given to Army recruits during WWI

Question 10

When were mandatory school attendance laws placed in every state?

Accepted Answer

1918

Question 11

T or F Schools now are very different from colonial times

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Who used overhead projectors before they became popular in schools?

Accepted Answer

Police, The U.S. Army

Question 13

Who was president when the Supreme Court approved school "vouchers"

Accepted Answer

George W. Bush

Question 14

What opened for the first time in 1994?

Accepted Answer

An online high school

Question 15

Which test was administered for the first time in 1926?

Accepted Answer

The SAT

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