Junk in the Trunk
School Rules
Poverty
Score a Goal
This Land
100

Finish the phrase: Reuse, Reduce...

Recycle

100

Education is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, therefore power is left up to this.

The states

100

Poverty levels are typically higher in these areas.

Cities

100

This is a guided course of action.

Policy

100

This is the "movement" to protect our environment.

Environmentalism

200

A place where garbage is dumped.

Landfill

200

These certificates provide money for educational programs.

Vouchers

200

True or False: Many people take advantage of programs designed to help those in need.

True

200

This refers to money, people, and materials needed to achieve a goal.

Resources

200

To preserve or protect the environment.

Conservation

300

This is the official term for garbage.

Solid Waste

300

These schools receive state funding but do not have to follow certain regulations.

Charter Schools

300

TANF and this program was created to help the poor.

Welfare

300

A policy or goal that could take up to 10 or even 50 years.

Long-Term Plan

300

EPA stands for this.

Environmental Protection Agency

400

This term means poisonous or deadly.

Toxic

400

This type of test indicates strengths and weaknesses, teacher impact, and student learning.

Competency

400

TANF stands for this.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
400

Ideas for policies usually come from these people.

Citizens

400

Toxic waste used to be sealed in concrete and dumped here, which is no longer legal.

The Ocean

500

What NIMBY stands for.

Not in my backyard

500

List one concern or struggle of many public schools today.

Low test scores
Crime
Violence
Funding
Poverty

500

There is a strong relationship between poverty and this.

Crime

500

Most cities need to update their roads, bridges, water, and sewer systems, known as this.

Infrastructure

500

The residents of this this New York town were moved off their land due to toxic waste. 

Love Canal

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