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What did education reform denounce?
- watered-down curriculum (too many electives)
- illiteracy
- poor teacher preparation programs
- insufficient teachers' pay
- declining graduation rate
- high dropout rate
- incompetent graduates
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What did education reform result in?
- formation of state panels
- state increase graduation requirements
- state instituted testing for promotion or graduation
- statutes regarding what, when, how, and who of teaching
- legislation to increase teachers' pay
- length of school day or year increased
- emphasis on computer literacy
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How do charter schools receive their funding?
based on number of students
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Who is connected with vouchers for private schools?
Milton Friedman
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Who was an economist that thought that schools should operate like a business in the sense that people should be able to choose where they want to go like in a free-market?
Milton Friedman
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What are characteristics of an effective school?
- Strong Leadership
- Clear School Mission
- Safe and Orderly Climate
- Monitor Student Progress
- High Expectations
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In the 17th century, what did education stress?
reading and religion
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In the 18th century, what did education stress?
life in the present
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In the 19th century, what did education stress?
secular curriculum
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In the early 20th century, what did education stress?
progressive education
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In the 1940's - 1960's, what did education stress?
discipline oriented programs in math and science and languages because of SPUTNIK
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In the 1960's - 1970's, what did education stress?
social concerns and humanistic education (civil rights and women's rights)
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In the 1980's, what did education stress?
back to basics (Mr. Holland'd Opus) said there were too many electives
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In the 1990's, what did education stress?
widening the core curriculum (FCAT testing)
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What movie was about the rockets?
October Sky
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Who controls graduation requirements?
state
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Who controls testing requirements?
Federal gov't
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Who has most control of the curriculum?
State gov't
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Who uses funding to influence education?
federal gov't
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If a district wants to use a textbook in their schools, what must first happen?
the book would have needed to be adopted at a state level first
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Form of bias that occurs when a group is left out or minimized by its coverage in textbooks
invisibility
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Form of bias that occurs when textbooks don't show the totality of various groups
stereotyping
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Form of bias that occurs when only particular perspectives are acknowledged and not every view point
imbalance
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Form of bias that occurs when things are left out of textbooks or something just isn't covered
unreality
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Form of bias that occurs when subjects are separated, thus giving the vibes that it isn't actually important and it was kinda just thrown in there
fragmentation
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why is history particularly controversial?
because of its biases
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What is the controversial argument about censorship?
where you should draw the line
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