NYC Education History
Federal Education Policy
Maker Education History
Education Activism
100

Under a policy of school choice, students can attend high school in any of the five _______.

What is boroughs 
100

The part of the federal government that oveseas FAFSA and other education policy

The Department of Education

100

The founding principal of Maker who now lives in Kansas.

Luke Bauer 

100

This supreme court case allowed for the integration of public schools.

Brown v. Board of Education  

200
New York is one of eight states that has an end of year exam as a graduation requirement; this is the name of the exam.

What is the Regents Exam


200

This program provides pathways to higher education for undocumented immigrant youth

DACA 

200

The current principal of Maker previously taught this subject.

English

200

The Self-Taught movement consisted of Black educators, primarily women, in pre and post Civil War South doing what to ensure that Black children could read. 

Teaching/Creating schools/saturday schools 

300

This mayor of New York established school choice, charter expansion, mayoral control, and the "backpacks full of cash" model of school funding. 

Who is Bloomberg 

300

The policy under GW Bush that cut funding to schools based on test scores

No Child Left Behind


300

Maker has three pathways: Computer Science, Digital Media, and our newest pathway...

Urban Agriculture 


300

The Carlisle School was an example of what type of school, that often involved the kidnapping and forced assimilation of Indigenous children. The Indian Freedom Schools were founded in resistance to them. 

Indian Boarding Schools 

400

The Hect-Calandra Act established the SHSAT, which is an admissions test for which types of schools. 

What are Specialized High Schools 


400
The policy under Obama that increased funding for schools that did well on standardized testing 

Race to the Top 


400

PBL stands for this form of learning, which emphasizes hands on and real world skills.

Project Based Learning 

400

The Mamie Tape case prevented which group of immigrants from accessing integrated schooling because they were not considered American. 

Chinese-Americans 

500

In Brooklyn, in the early spring of 1968, Black and Puerto Rican parents organized for better schools for their children. Their demands included this type of control of the school system. 

What is Community Control 
500

The supreme court case that said that education is a right for all young people, regardless of identity or immigration status

 Plyer v Doe 

500

In order to employ design thinking and pbl practices, teachers should utilize this form of unit planning, which starts with designing a final project FIRST. 

Backwards Design, or Backwards Planning 

500

The Oakland Community Center, which was a school fighting for black liberation and the teaching of real Black history in schools, was an extension of the Black Panther Party, founded by these two people.

Bobby Seale and Huey P Newton