Marsha Marsha Marsha
Marsha Newberger won the Arctowski Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for definitively establishing the existence of solar wind and was the first woman to work for this agency focused on space exploration.
What is NASA?
This animated Disney film featuring a hunchback bell-ringer premiered in 1996 and was set in 15th-century Paris.
What is The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Marsha’s first job at ISBE was in this office.
What is the Superintendent’s Office?
When Marsha first started, she typed board meeting minutes on this machine while listening to recorded audio.
What is a typewriter?
EBF is the acronym for Illinois’ school funding formula.
What is Evidence-Based Funding?
Marsha Blackburn is a sitting U.S. senator representing the state nicknamed the Volunteer State.
What is Tennessee?
This girl group released its debut single “Wannabe” in 1996, launching the era of “Girl Power.”
Who are the Spice Girls?
Marsha’s naughty pet causes a lot of trouble — and several communications staffers also have this popular four-legged companion.
Question: What is a dog?
Introduced to the public in the mid-1990s, this service transformed office communication by allowing messages to be sent instantly without paper, stamps, or fax machines.
What is email?
ESSA replaced No Child Left Behind and stands for this federal education law.
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act?
Redhead actress Marcia Cross played perfectionist Bree Van de Kamp on this hit drama starting in the mid-2000s alongside Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, and Eva Longoria.
What is Desperate Housewives?
In 1996, this incumbent president won reelection after running against Republican nominee Bob Dole.
Who is Bill Clinton?
During Marsha’s tenure at ISBE, this many new official photos have gone up on the wall in the superintendent’s office.
What is 10?
Before scanners and PDFs, Marsha used this colorful system to produce instant duplicates of documents —often in pink, yellow, and white — without pressing “print” more than once.
What are carbon copies?
One of Illinois’ strongest education focus areas, SEL stands for this.
What is Social-Emotional Learning?
Marcia Gay Harden earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this biopic about a painter known for his abstract “splattery” style.
What is Pollock?
Introduced commercially in 1996, this new digital disc format eventually replaced VHS tapes and offered higher-quality video and interactive menus.
What is the DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)?
A member of Marsha’s family owned The Avenue Food Shop, which experienced a major holiday fiasco when the refrigerators failed — leaving customers without this main course.
What is turkey?
Before the “Undo” button existed, a single typo meant reaching for this bottle of white liquid and hoping no one noticed the correction.
What is Wite-Out?
These programs help students explore career pathways including careers like construction and nursing.
What is Career and Technical Education?
Marsha P. Johnson was a prominent figure in the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. A waterfront park in this culturally diverse NYC borough—also home to an iconic bridge—was named in her honor.
What is Brooklyn?
This 1996 sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves followed a computer hacker who discovers reality itself is a simulation.
What is the Matrix?
Marsha has had this many bosses during her time at ISBE.
What is 19?
Before scanning and email attachments, offices relied on this technology to transmit documents over phone lines.
What is the fax machine?
This notoriously long acronym refers to the federally required annual report tracking special education performance indicators.
What is the SPP/APR (State Performance Plan / Annual Performance Report)?