Back-to-Basics Movement
When did the Back-to-Basics Movement take place?
Late 1970s, early 1980s.
When did the Equal Opportunity in Education Act get put into place?
1972.
What does bilingual mean?
When somebody can speak two languages.
Why were schools in the 1950s still racially segregated?
"Separate but equal" policies.
What war was the beginning of the 1940s dominated by?
WWII.
What was the concern that led to the Back-to-Basics Movement?
That creative innovations in schools had left many students lacking a good foundation of basic knowledge and skills in reading, writing, and math.
What did the Equal Opportunity Education prohibit?
It prohibited discrimination based on gender in all programs and activities receiving federal assistance.
What is bilingual education?
Classes that would be taught in two languages.
When did the Supreme Court agree to hear the case of Brown vs. Board?
1954.
Thousands of men were leaving a month to fight in the war overseas.
What does illiterate mean?
Could not read or write.
What was one impact of the Title IX/ Equal Opportunity in Education Act?
Opening up sports that only men did, for women too.
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When did the Supreme Court acknowledge the problems students face when they have limited English skills?
1974.
Where did the Brown vs. Board case take place?
How did WWII effect women and African Americans?
What were calls for school reform?
College graduates were scoring lower on general knowledge tests than in prior years.
American students fell behind.
Military recruits had poorer reading and writing skills.
What limited the career options of women before the 1960s and the 1970s?
Tradition and discrimination.
What did the court order for schools to provide for bilingual education?
To provide basic English language classes for children who had limited English skills.
What did the court rule based off the Brown vs. Board case?
The court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the constructions because segregated schools were, by nature, unequal.
How did American Education change in the 1940s?
It became better organized.
What was the result of the Back-to-Basics Movement?
American schools started emphasizing in reading, writing, and math.
Every dollar made by men, how much did women make?
59 cents.
Why did bilingual education become a thing?
For kids who had limited English skills to get education.
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A social movement in the U.S. led primarily by African Americans and their supporters- sought to gain equal rights regardless of race.
Due to WWII, what was common in schools?
Dropouts.