Chapter 6 Review: Modern History of Education in America

public school operating with freedom from regulations that apply 2 traditional public schools

Goal of Brown vs. Bd of Educ. of Topeka, Kansas was creation of separate but = schools 4 all.

unable to read or write

Statements of students expectation set by national organizations/states/school districts

Sixteen general career areas, each having a wide range of related opportunities

levels of knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas

The computer revolution ____.

Launching satellite Sputnik by Soviets caused Congress 2 pass the National Defense Ed. Act.

The Equal Opportunity in Education Act _____.

1983 report, Nation at Risk reported the rate of illiteracy in America had dropped

The goals of No Child Left Behind included _____.

fed. govt. program 2 help pre-k chlldren from low-income families develop skills 4 kinderg.

tests that measure students' performance compared to that of thousands of other students

Title IX, 1972, prohibited discrimination based on race.

During the 1940s-1950s, education in America ______.

Education in two languages

Providing proof that standards, such as educational goals, are being achieved

move toward focusing on reading/writing/math

interconnection of nations around the world through finance/international companies/trade

The Civil Rights Act of 1954 (during the Civil Rights Movement)___.

The great increase in births after the end of World War II

The increase in population after WWII resulted in the need for more schools and teachers.

in the 1950s, many educators ________.

Goals 2000 Act of 1974 included six educational goals to be reached by the year 2000.

Teaching methods that require students to show their abilities in subject areas