Potpourri
Schools
Teachers
Students
History
100
New teachers earn about this many dollars in their first year (LPS).
What is $42,000?
100
This type of school focuses on a specific curriculum area.
What is a magnet school?
100
On average, a teacher works this many hours a week.
What is 52?
100
Family stress, drug abuse, and violence are among the top contributors to this in the U. S.
What is the dropout rate?
100
She fought for the teaching profession to be dominated by females.
Who is Catherine Beecher?
200
Medical insurance and retirement plans are called these type of benefits for teachers.
What are fringe benefits?
200
According to research on best teaching practices, successful schools have teachers that set these for students.
What are high expectations?
200
The NEA and AFT are examples of these.
What are teacher unions?
200
This ethnic group has the highest dropout rate.
What is Hispanic?
200
The Massachusetts Act of 1647 was passed to encourage this.
What is learning to read the Bible?
300
Kozol argues that this number is highly correlated to student success.
What is class size?
300
These type of schools do not have governmental oversight.
What are private schools?
300
Teachers must form relationships with these 4 different groups of people.
Who are students, colleagues, administrators, and parents?
300
Families of living in poverty make this much money (or less) each year.
What is $22,000?
300
The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) decision ended this segregationist doctrine.
What is separate but equal?
400
Schools like DuSable with 100% African-American populations indicate that, despite Brown vs. Board, school systems have done this.
What is re-segregated?
400
This program recruits graduates to teach a minimum of 2 years after graduating and then serve in high needs areas.
What is Teach for America?
400
A teacher's educational philosophy will include beliefs about these 3 areas.
What are students, teaching, knowledge (or content)?
400
A harassing email or insulting Facebook post might be examples of this.
What is cyberbullying?
400
After integration laws were passed, this happened to the minority teaching force.
What is a reduction in jobs/positions?
500
This philosophical orientation is based on the belief that education should be child-centered and meaning-making comes from the students.
What is progressivism (or constructivism)?
500
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, middle & high school students reported this as 'very easy' or 'fairly easy' to obtain.
What is marijuana?
500
This percentage of public school teachers are members of minority groups.
What is 17%?
500
The difference in school accomplishments between races is called this.
What is the achievement gap?
500
This report signified that change in public education was essential and triggered the school choice movement.
What is a Nation at Risk?
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