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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those c...

IDEA

the process (also known as desegregation) of ending race-based segregation within American public and private schools

Integration

the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means.

Segregation

was named as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, founded for the higher education of blacks

Booker T. Washington

He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal should be "education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the bl...

John Dewey

schools sponsored by a church

Parochial Schools

an American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education.

Horrace Mann

the first reading primer designed for the American Colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in 17th century colonial United States and it became the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s.

The New England Primer

(1865-1877) Period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders created plans for the governance of the South and a procedure for former Southern states to rejoin the Union; Southern resentment of this era lasted we...

Reconstruction Era

A test with uniform procedures for administration and scoring. Many standardized tests allow a person's performance to be compared with the performance of other individuals.

Standardized Test

A government-funded program that is designed to provide children from low-income families the opportunity to acquire the skills and experiences important for school success.

Project Head Start

a curriculum of two or more courses that is intended or understood to lead to a degree, diploma, or certificate. It may include all or some of the courses required for completion of a degree program

Program of Study

guidelines defining what students at various levels should know and be able to do

Educational Standards

teaching methods that require students to demonstrate their abilities in subject areas

Competency Based Education

public schools run by private entities to give parents greater control over their children's education

Charter Schools

a strategy in which school subjects are taught in both the learner's original language and the second (majority) language

Bilingual Education

Move toward focusing teaching on the basics of reading, writing, and math.

Back to Basics Movement

ability to answer for one's own actions

Accountability

an institution created to train high school graduates to be teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.

Normal Schools

The teaching principles developed by Maria Montessori, an Italian doctor, emphasizing self-directed learning through sensory experiences.

Montessori Method

a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and in homeschooling.

Mcguffey's Readers

common term used to describe small private schools that provided an education for working class children before they were old enough to work. These schools were usually run by an elderly woman who taught the children to read and w...

Dame Schools

a public school in the United States during the 19th century.

Common Schools

courses of study that prepare students for careers in a specific trade or industry

Career and Technical Education

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade.

Apprentice

the main law for K-12 general education in the United States from 2002-2015.The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved.The law was controversial in part because it penalized schools that didn't show improve...

No Child Left Behind

College and Career Readiness Performance Index. a comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform for all educational stakeholders that will promote college and career readiness for all Georgia public...

CCRPI

Adequate Yearly Progress. a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performi...

AYP

Teacher Keys Effectiveness System. a common evaluation system designed for building teacher effectiveness and ensuring consistency and comparability throughout the state.

TKES

the making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

Evaluation

Explains, demonstrates, reinforces, and evaluates the students' progress in learning.

Educator

All the people who stand to gain or lose by the policies and activities of a business and whose concerns the business needs to address.

Stakeholders

A proposed or adopted course or principle of action

policy