Systemic Issues
Term describes unfair treatment that is built into laws, policies or institutions, not just individual actions.
What is systemic racism?
The narrator in "The Same as it Never Was"?
Who is Greg Miche
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
What is Sterotype?
This document sets learning standards for many U.S States. Math, English, History, Science...
What is Common Core Standards?
What is Standardized Testing
This school problem happens when mostly white, wealthy neighborhoods get more funding than schools in poorer marginalized communties.
What is unequal school funding?
In 2019, what was the most segregated city in the U.S?
What is Chicago?
What is Oak Park and River Forest (OPRF) High School
This amendment made public school segregation illegal in 1954
What is Brown v Board of Education?
The state was the first school in
What is Boston,Massachusetts
When there aren't enough qualified educators to meet student needs, defined by unfilled positions,
What is Teacher Shortage
What is fewer than 10?
The english teacher that constantly advocated for Black students and fought for dispatries to be acknowledged
Who is Jessica Stovall?
Standardized tests gained major importance in schools after this federal act in 2001. (NCLB)
What is No Child Left Behind?
Providing temporary help until students can do tasks are o
What is Scaffolding?
The leading cause of death among American children and teens
What is Gun Violence?
The book takes place here
What is Chicago?
The advantages that white people experience because of their race
What is White Privilege
The first federal civil-rights legislation passed post-reconstruction and a precursor to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which ended segregation in public schools.
What is Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
The book, written by Harper Lee, focuses on racial injustice in the American South and features the lawyer Atticus Finch
DAILY DOUBLE
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Police stopping and questioning people based on race or apperance
DAILY DOUBLE
What is racial profiling
The first popular book that encourged Miche to write "Same as It Never Was"
What is "Holler If you Hear me"
The school’s Spoken Word coach who brings the students to "Louder than a Bomb"
Who is Pete Kahn?
Became one of the first African American students to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana, facing significant public opposition and requiring federal marshals to escort her to and from school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
His reforms established professional teacher training schools, standardized curricula, and laid the groundwork for the modern K-12 public education system. Known as the "Father of American Public School"
Who is Horace Mann