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What is it when people cant read or write ?
illiterate
surge in the birth rate
baby boom
what is the purpose of the Project Head Start program?
help preschool children from low-income families develop the skills they needed for success in kindergarten and beyond.
The first half of the ____ was dominated by World War ll ?
1940´s
How many stripes are on the American Flag
13
movement that believed students needed more skills than the basics.
back-to-basics-movement
international corporations and trade link in economies of nations around the world
Global economy
contrast the use of computers in education from the 1800ś to today.
In the 1980ś computers were very minor and many classrooms only had one computer. In today's generation we use computers every day, and mostly all classrooms have computers to accommodate everyone.
What year did Congress pass legislation that guaranteed free public education for children with disabilities.
1975
What is the biggest US state
Texas
rigorous sequences of career and technical and academic courses
the mass slaughter of european civilians
holocaust
Summarize the Education for all Handicapped Children Act
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act guaranteed a free public education for children with disabilities.
In 1983 what was published by a federal government agency.
A Nation Risk
What is Mrs.Benton´s first name
Linda
teaching towards standards
competency-based education
measure proof that schools and teachers were providing high education
accountability
Why was busing unpopular for families ?
Many families objected to having their children forced to take long bus rides to schools outside their neighborhoods
what was emphasized in the Back-to- Basics movement.
reading,writing,and math
How many continents make up Earth
7
rigorous sequences of career and technical and academic courses
programs of study
tensions and competition between the Soviet Union and the US
Cold War
What promoted the back-to-basics movement ?
College graduates were scoring lower on general knowledge tests,the military reported that recruits had poorer reading and writing skills, and millions of Americans were illiterate
what were all the 1990s about
technology.
What is the biggest continent
Asia