History of Education Issues in America

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  1. 4. _____ Educational Opportunities Act passed in 1974, prohibits deliberate segregation and discrimination in education.
  2. 7. _____ replaced the NCLB in 2015, shifting focus from federal mandates and standardized testing to greater state and local flexibility (acronym).
  3. 8. During the Industrial Revolution, this movement sought to improve the nation by pushing for an educated society.
  4. 10. The state that had the first known mandate for public education.
  5. 11. In 1860, this state became the first southern state to have a public education system.
  6. 16. In 1979, the Office of Education became the ____________ of Education, whose responsibilities primarily involved federal funding and enforcing educational laws.
  7. 17. Paid for veterans' college education in post-war America.
  8. 19. The high __________ rate in the teaching vocation is linked to low pay and lack of support.
  9. 20. Allow parents of children in low-performing schools to use public funds to attend private schools.
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  1. 1. One of the first few abolitionists who risked educating black people.
  2. 2. In 1954, Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas overturned _______ vs Ferguson.
  3. 3. Most school systems get the bulk of their funding from ________ taxes.
  4. 5. This act was passed by Congress in 1965, and gave one billion dollars in special funding to systems with many low-income children (acronym).
  5. 6. ________ Education Reform Movement focuses on school choice and accountability.
  6. 9. Early leaders viewed public schools as a perfect opportunity to _______________, or adjust immigrants students to American culture.
  7. 12. The ______________ gap is the difference in school performance between white, African-American, Asian-American, Latino American, and special education students.
  8. 13. Passed by the government in 2020 to give pandemic response emergency federal relief aid to schools (acronym).
  9. 14. This act focused on closing the achievement gap in education - the difference in performance between whites, African-Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, and special education students (acronym).
  10. 15. "A Nation at ____" was a special report on the American educational system, published in 1983.
  11. 18. Act that ended segregation in public schools (2 words).