Educational Inequality
California
Accomplished Nations
Potpourri
What Matters Most
100
50 years have passed since this court case decision and yet U.S. schools are still unequal.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
100
This case sought the basic resources needed for districts to implement the state standards.
What is the Williams case
100
In high achieving nations, schools provide this regularly among teachers so they can jointly plan and develop curriculum
What is collaboration
100
Schools have to be this for success. Name one way they can accomplish this.
What is organized
100
Nations that have steeply improved their students' achievements, attribute much of their success to their focused investment in this.
What is teacher preparation and development
200
This act was established in 2002 so that states would ensure that ALL students have access to "highly qualified teachers."
What is the No Child Left Behind Act
200
These policies undermined the quality of instruction and were exacerbated by heavy handed state mandates constraining instructional decision making at the local level. (ex: Open court)
What are curriculum mandates
200
In Singapore, this initiative was launched in 1997 to transform the curriculum.
What is the "Thinking Schools, Learning Nation" initiative
200
Name 2 of the 5 common features in schools that are organized for success.
What is 1. Small size for the school or learning communities within the school 2. Structures that allow for personalization and strong relationships 3. Intellectually challenging and relevant instruction 4. Performance-based assessment 5. Highly competent teachers who collaborate in planning and problem solving.
200
In top ranked nations, supports for teaching have taken the various forms. Name at least 2 of the 5 different supports.
What is 1. Universal high-quality teacher education 2. Mentoring for all beginners 3. Ongoing professional learning 4. Leadership development 5. Equitable and competitive salaries
300
Many states have put this in place. It attaches rewards and sanctions to schools based on students' scores on standardized tests.
What is high stakes testing
300
Voters passed this proposition in 1979 which limited property taxes and greatly reduced funding to schools.
What is Proposition 13
300
Name at least 2 of the strategies that Finland, Korea, and Singapore implemented to improve their educational system
What is 1. Funded school adequately and equitably 2. Eliminated examination systems 3. Revised national standards and curriculum 4. Developed national teaching policies 5. Supported ongoing teacher learning 6. Pursued consistent, long-term reforms
300
These types of assessments engage students in completing complex projects and investigations of various kinds.
What are performance assessments
300
The United States needs to fix teacher __________ and __________ so we ca get well-qualified teachers in ALL classrooms and keep them.
What is teacher recruitment and retention
400
This is the single most important measurable cause of increased student learning. (p. 105 of text)
What is teacher experience
400
True or False By the late 1990s California employed a greater number of under-qualified teachers than any other state in the country.
What is True
400
The Korean education system has sought to develop these four pillars of learning
What is 1. Learning to Know 2. Learning to Do 3. Learning to Be 4. Learning to Live Together
400
This Korean proverb reflects a deep respect for knowledge and teaching.
What is "Don't even step on the shadow of a teacher."
400
These standards along with the performance assessments that were developed to evaluate them, greatly raise the expectations for teachers.
What are the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
500
This type of investment has to occur in our schools, districts, state and at the federal level. (p. 132)
What is strategic investing
500
Linda Darling Hammond refers to this "pipeline" rather than a college-to-well-paying job pathway.
What is the school to prison pipeline
500
Linda Darling Hammond refers to this type of system to describe a set of elements that when well designed and connected, reliably support all students in learning.
What is a teaching and learning system
500
In April 2013, the United States Department of Education created a Blueprint for this.
What is R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Recognizing educational success, professional excellence and collaborative teaching.
500
Beginning teachers in California must pass one of these two performance assessments before obtaining a teaching credential.
What is the PACT or the TPA's
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