BEP quiz 1
What is meant by the emergence of the school as a welfare institution in the 1880s to 1920's? Give examples. (p. 32 & p. 34).
"the whole child goes to school" - students' recreation by building playgrounds and creating after-school programs - health issues by hiring school nurses, monitoring students' cleanliness and even providing school showers - diet issues by creating cafeterias and home economics courses - sex ed
Hazlewood School District v. Kuhlemier (1988). (p. 21).
- Supreme Court ruled that school administrators have the right to control the content of school-sponsored publications because they are part of the curriculum - case involved newspaper published by the journalism class at Hazelwood High School, articles about pregnancy and divorce censored
Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District. (p. 20 and p. 23).
- free speech rights for students - group of students decided to express their objections to the war in Vietnam by wearing black arm bands
Board of Island Union v. Steven A Pico (1982). (p. 19 and p. 21).
- involved using a political agenda to remove books from the school library by the local board of education - Court gave full recognition to the power of school boards to select books of the school library - Court also recognized obligation to ensure that public institutions do not suppress ideas, especially based on political agendas
Engel v. Vitale (1962). (p. 34 & p. 36-37).
Court's decision denied the right of a public school system to conduct prayer services within school buildings during regular school hours
Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance? What was his political affiliation? What was the reason for a change in the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950's? (p. 14 and p. 15).
Francis Bellamy - a socialist, wanted to include word "equality" but rejected - 1950s: added "one nation, under God" to stress role of religion in government - declared goal was to "acknowledge the dependence of our people and our Government upon...the Creator...[and] deny the atheistic and materialistic concept of communism"
Define protected and prepared childhood. (p. 4 & 5; p. 9)
Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood by Steven Mintz - transition of American thought from the concept of "protected childhood" ---> "prepared childhood" - "protected" - focuses on the happiness and well-being of the child - "prepared" - focuses on child's future as an adult rather than concern about the child's immediate happiness
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943). (p. 21 & 24)
Supreme Court ruled that expulsion from school of children of Jehovah's Witnesses for not saluting the flag was a violation of their constitutional right to freedom of religion
"By this means twenty of the best geniuses will be raked from the rubbish annually". Who said it? What does it mean? How did the author propose to accomplish it? (p. 11 and p. 12).
Thomas Jefferson - concerned with finding the best politicians through a system of schooling - 1779 Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge: 3 years of free education for all non-slave children --> most talented of these selected for regional grammar schools --> most talented selected for further education
What are the common core state standards? (p. 4 & 5; p. 7 & 8)
determine what is taught in classes K-12 - goal is to prepare students for work or college -
What were the barriers in the 1830's-50's to Mann's "idea of uniting the community through social mixing in classrooms and schools" (p. 31 & p. 34).
slavery, denial of citizenship to Native Americans, discrimination against Mexican Americans after Mexican-American War in 1848
What was "the great balance wheel of society"? (p. 8 and p. 5).
the goal of providing equality of opportunity
From the 1820's to the 1840's, what were the historical goals of education? (p. 7 and p. 5).
the uniting of Americans by instilling in students common moral and political values