Current Trends in Education and Educational Reform Notebook Activity 12

Question 1

GI BILL

Answer 1

Provides education for veterans

Question 2

Title 1

Answer 2

Provided direct funding for schools with high populations of students from low income families in the form of additional personnel, materials and professional development for teachers.

Question 3

Head Start

Answer 3

Community based early childhood program. Federally funded program for three to five year old children from low income families

Question 4

National Defense Education Act (NDEA)

Answer 4

Funded research and educational programs that focuses on math, sciences foreign languages, and also provided student loans for those who wanted to become teachers or school counselors

Question 5

No Child Left Behind

Answer 5

Exerts a variety of federal controls over local schools, including therequirement that students are tested annually in reading

Question 6

Civil Rights ACT

Answer 6

Commitment to equity that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion sex or national origin