Chapter 5
Historical Development of American Education
Historical Development of American Education
How many tracks are there in the school system?
1. Track 1- primary schools
2. Track 2- latin grammar school
True or False- Brown v. Board of Education was inherently unequal.
True
Name two student learning styles.
Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic
What is a stakeholder?
A stakeholder is a person or institution with an interest in education.
Name 2 specific risk of concer
At risk students and school, inner city poverty, concentrated and rural poverty.
What is corporal punishment?
When a supervising adult or teacher inflicts pain on a student in response to their bad behavior.
Who is Jonas Yoder?
Jonas Yoder was an Amish man who refused to send his children to school past eighth grade because it was against the Amish religion.
What are the cons of bilingual education?
Requires many speakers of native languages as teachers, separates groups from one another, might discourage students from mastering English well enough to function successfully in the larger society
Who elects the school board?
The community
List 4 different classroom management skills.
Clear expectations, letting students know how to get help, reminders of rules and rewards when they are followed, smooth transitions between activities, variety of assignments, monitoring for confusion, avoid embarrassing students in front of classmates, flexibility, develop self-management skills, ensuring that all students are part of the classroom community
Name two of the important people in the history of education.
Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, Noah Webster
What happened in the court case in New Jersey?
TLO was caught smoking cigarettes in school.
What does desegregation mean?
Enrolling students of different racial groups in the same groups.
What is 1 thing the State Board of Education is responsible for?
Setting standards for teacher certification, Set standards for accreditation of teacher programs, develop/establishing curriculum and testing standards
Name 3 improvement approaches.
Algebra project, KIPP, Success for all, Harlem Children Zone, AVID, Degrees of reading power and development, Comer school development program.
What did the Tenth Amendment do?
The Tenth Amendment left responsibility for education up to individual states.
What are two other influences on education and schools?
Standardized tests and teacher unions.
What's 1 service that compensatory education offers?
What does AFT stand for?
American Federation of Teachers
Name one example of elementary effective school research and high school effective school research.
Elementary- clear school mission, safe environment, curriculum alignment, high task-on-time
High School- emphasizes helping low achievers, schools-within-a-school for low achievers, career academics, smaller high school units in general
What does Ethnocentric mean?
My culture is better than your culture.
What is Hailey's favorite food?
Lasagna
What is cultural pluralism?
Acceptance and encouragement of cultural, ethnic, language, and religious diversity within a larger society.
What are the three sources of funding for education?
state sources, federal sources, local sources
Explain the 3 tiers of RTI.
Tier 1- General classroom education
Tier 2- Targeted or strategic instruction/intervention
Tier 3- Intensive classroom intervention