History of Education

Question 1

Which educational act made free and public education available to students with disabilities?

Accepted Answer

IDEA

Question 2

A classical secondary school in colonial america that by the nineteenth century became more of a college prep school.

Accepted Answer

Franklin Academy

Question 3

During the Colonial Period, school curriculum was decided on by

Accepted Answer

the local community

Question 4

A public school for all children in the US during the 19th century.

Accepted Answer

Common School

Question 5

The first version of school or college that specialized in training teachers.

Accepted Answer

Normal School

Question 6

Why was the Old Deluder Satan law important?

Accepted Answer

It required towns of certain sizes to have a school

Question 7

Which of the following educational acts protects students from discrimination based on gender?

Accepted Answer

Title IX

Question 8

Which court case integrated schools, requiring Caucasian and African American Students to attend the same schools?

Accepted Answer

Brown v BOE

Question 9

Which education reformer believed in a more progressive approach to education: teaching the whole child.

Accepted Answer

John Dewey

Question 10

Which of the following was the main purpose of education during the colonial period?

Accepted Answer

To further the spread of religion

Question 11

Which of the following education acts provided resources to at risk schools and students?

Accepted Answer

ESEA

Question 12

Which of the following court cases made it law that "separate but equal" was constitutional?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v Ferguson

Question 13

Which of the following men is considered to be the Father of Public Education?

Accepted Answer

Horace Mann

Question 14

An early form of a private elementary school, usually taught and conducted in the home of a woman from the community.

Accepted Answer

Dame School

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