People
People/Terms
High School Musical Trivia
Vouchers & Other Cool School Stuff
Charter Schools
100
The founder of today's reform movement
Milton Friedman
100
What is learning provided from distance by means of television, the internet, or other technologies?
Distance learning
100
Before karaoke, where had Gabriella sang before?
In church choir
100
What is an admission ticket to any school, public or private?
Voucher
100
What was the first state to have a charter school?
Minnesota
200
Created the Harlem Children's Zone
Goeffrey Canada
200
In 1981, who found that private schools were doing a better job of education than the neighborhood public schools?
James Coleman
200
What food does Gabriella accidentally spill on Sharpay in the cafeteria?
chili cheese fries
200
What was the first site to issue publicly financed vouchers in 1990?
Milwaukee
200
What is a charter school?
A tax supported public school that has legal permission to operate
300
The Supreme Court limited the use of public funds to support religious education
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
300
Replacing the old culture with the new American one is known as what?
Americanization
300
What year did Troy's dad win the Championship when he was a student at East High?
1981
300
What kind of school offers one or more special programs perhaps in math, science, or the arts?
magnet school
300
Tom Watkins says there are 3 types of charter advocates. Name them.
Reformers, zealots, entrepreneurs
400
Supreme Court rules that publicly funded vouchers could be used to send children to Cleveland's private religious schools
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002
400
___ is an expectancy of continued employment
Tenure
400
What is Troy Bolton's jersey number for the Wildcat's basketball
14
400
What eliminated the requirement that students must attend the closest public school?
Open enrollment
400
What state today has the most charter schools?
Arizona
500
An American writer, educator, and activist, best known for his books on public education in the United States
John Kozol
500
___ is a system that bases a teacher's pay on performance.
Merit pay
500
What club is Taylor McKessie president of?
The Chemistry Club
500
What kind of schools offer a wealth of learning, usually through technology?
virtual schools
500
While some charter programs offer teachers more freedom than normal neighborhood schools, other charter programs do not. Name one of these programs.
KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)
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