Chapter 4: The Modern History of Education in America

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Across
  1. 4. Unable to read or write
  2. 5. Measurable proof that schools and teachers are providing high-quality education
  3. 6. not dissing people because they're different to you
  4. 7. The mass slaughter of European civilians, especially those of Jewish descent, by the Nazis during World War II
  5. 9. Federal government program designed to help preschool children from low-income families develop the skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond.
  6. 10. courteous regard for people's feelings
  7. 12. Schools teach toward students demonstrating mastery and achievement of specified knowledge and skills in subject areas
  8. 15. Classes taught in two languages
  9. 16. when tensions and competition increased between the Soviet Union on one side and the United States and its allies in Western Europeon the other
  10. 18. Rigorous sequences of career and technical and academic courses to prepare students for successful transition from high school to postsecondary education/credentialing and employment
Down
  1. 1. A reform movement which emphasized the need for more reading, writing, and math in schools for students to succeed in a complex world
  2. 2. A public school that operates with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools
  3. 3. A social movement in the United States led primarily by African Americans and their supporters who sought to gain equal rights regardless of race
  4. 8. Performance standards for knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas
  5. 11. Guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do
  6. 13. Tests designed to give a measure of students’ performance compared with that of a very large number of other students
  7. 14. Finance, international corporations, and trade link the economies of nations around the world
  8. 17. The great increase in births after the end of World War II