Who said it?
Structure of Education
Randomage Schoolage
The law
Potent Potables
100
Education is a secondary institution.
Who is Harry Gracey?
100
The first university in the United States.
What is Harvard College? (1636)
100
Authority for education is given to _____________.
What are states?
100
This period of time began the era of common school reform.
What is the 1820's to 1860's?
100
"The common knowledge needed for citizens to communicate with each other in order for society to function properly
What is Cultural Literacy?
200
The biggest problem with this thinker's argument is that his claims do not match his evidence.
Who is E. D. Hirsch?
200
This religious group was mostly found in the northern colonies.
Who are the Puritans?
200
This founding father believed that blacks were inferior to whites. For an extra 100 points, this founding father felt that blacks and whites were equal in mental capacities.
Who is Thomas Jefferson? Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
This case in 1896 established "separate but equal" as the law of the land.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 included Titles which prohibited discrimination. Name at least two of those Titles and the provisions of those Titles.
Title I: barred discrimination in voting Title II: Outlawed discrimination in private clubs Title IV: desegregation of public schools Title VI: withdrawal of federal funds from programs that practiced desegregation
300
The core knowledge students must receive are "democratic attitudes, values, and behaviors"
Who is Cuban?
300
He was the first Secretary of Education in the United States.
Who is Horace Mann?
300
The year the Old Satan Deluder Act was passed. For an extra 100 points, what was the purpose of the act?
What is 1647? Small towns must hire teachers; bigger towns must hire grammar (high school) teachers
300
This case (and year of the case) was the proverbial nail in the coffin of separate but equal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
300
“Any education given by a group tends to socialize its members, but the quality and value of the socialization depends upon the habits and aims of the group.”
Who is John Dewey?
400
Democracy is the highest form of political system in which to socialize children
Who is John Dewey?
400
This region of colonial America was inhabited by the Dutch, English, Quakers, and Hugenots.
What is the mid-Atlantic?
400
"Nightingales sing, in the time of spring; The sturdy oak it was the tree, that saved his royal majesty; Peter denies His Lord and cries .... Rachel doth mourn for her first born .... Zacchaeus did climb the tree His Lord to see"
What is the New England Primer?
400
This case was the landmark case in 1974 that did NOTabolish segregated busing in the city of Detroit.
What is Milliken v. Bradley? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milliken_v._Bradley
400
These three amendments provided constitutional rights to blacks. For an addition 100 points, what rights did each of these amendments
What are the 13th 14th and 15th amendments. 13th abolishes slavery 14th enforces right and due process for all citizens 15th allows right to vote without discrimination
500
A slave is one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct.
Who is Plato?
500
The common school movement is characterized most by these two features:
What is Greater Standardization and Uniformity?
500
These are three examples of the kinds of improvements that came with the Common School movement.
What are Enroll non-attenders Increase the length of the school year Consolidate rural districts into town systems Encourage public control of schools Develop mechanisms for state supervision and regulation Improve teacher quality Reduce corporal punishment Create uniform textbooks, curricula Improve school buildings
500
This 1973 Supreme Court's decision held that a school-financing system based on local property taxes was not an unconstitutional violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause.
What is San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Independent_School_District_v._Rodriguez
500
Not so much a question: Describe the relationship of the federal government to education.
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