Education
in Modern Society: Quiz Two Preparation
1.
“Every time you stop a school, you will have to
build a jail” is an observation made by
2.
A complex, highly structured social organization
designed to carry out a specific task, such as a school, is called a(n)
3.
Approximately how many public school districts
exist in the state of
4.
Which of these education organizations is
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO), an organized labor group?
5.
Categories of direct federal aid to schools include
6.
Individuals whose work defines the direction and
meaning of a culture or a society are:
7.
A typical
8.
The basic unit in the organization and operation of
9.
Private and independent elementary and secondary
schools make up approximately ________ percent of schools in the
10.
School board members are selected by
11.
The Edison Project is an example of a
12.
The only separate Department of Education in the
federal government was created for the first time by President
13.
Under legislation passed since the 1960s the
federal government can withhold financial support to organizations practicing
_________________ discrimination.
14.
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 was the
beginning of _________ in education
15.
Our class discussion of equal funding for men’s and
women’s extracurricular activities was in response to the passing of
16.
In the
17.
Basic tasks of a principal fall under general
categories
18.
Hegemony means
19.
Superintendents are not responsible for
20.
The average school board member is
21.
What percent of school principals and
superintendents are women?
22.
The Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647 required
23.
School board members are classified in the
following categories
24.
The highest-level administrator in a school
district is a
25.
Approximately what portion of teachers in the
26.
Licensing of public school teachers is under the
control of
27.
Church-affiliated schools are known as
_______________ schools.
28.
What percent of students are “of color”?
29.
Public secondary schools known as ______________
laid the foundation for many of today’s elite private schools.
30.
The movement in education based upon the ideas of
philosopher John Dewey emphasizing the idea of children being part of a
community and “learning by doing” is referred to as the __________________
movement.
31.
Approaching teaching with a reflective approach
toward problem, a cultivation of imagination, and a playfulness toward words,
relationships and experiences” and “an explicit concern for desirable ends” is
also known as
32.
Day-to-day operations of the school district are
handled by34. The principle of
separation of church and state is found in the ____________ Amendment to the
Bill of Rights.
33.
Provenzo refers to the 1962 Engle v. Vitale as the most controversial case concerning the
separation of church and state because
34.
Funds that can be used toward paying for private
school tuition by taking per-pupil tax money from public schools are known as
35.
Bureaucracies do not encourage