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SLO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
Education Trivia Quiz BY JAMES BRESCIA, ED.D. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
prohibits discrimination against students in federally funded schools based on sex? 11. What is section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act that protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities called?
14. San Jose 13. Reagan 12. Carter Education 11. Free Appropriate Public 10. Title IX 9. Lyndon B. Johnson Education Act 8.
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violence 7. Safety and prevention of 6. Desegregation 5. WWII Mock Air Raid 4. Great Depression Tennesee 1917 3. Massachusetts 1852, constitutional US Congress passes 2. Horace Mann 1875 1. Nelson Mandela
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15. No Child Left Behind
Education is one of the most empowering forces in the world. Education can create knowledge, build confidence, break down barriers, increase opportunities, and promote social justice. Thank you for your continued support of education in our community. It is 10. What is the name of the education act an honor to serve as your County Superinpassed by the United States Congress in 1972 tendent of Schools.
16. Outdoor Preschool
6. What did the 1954 Brown v. Board 18. Which San Luis Obispo County school of Education Topeka unanimous Supreme district recently requested insurance coverage Court ruling end? for a high school student traveling to school on horseback? 7. Why was the Arkansas National Guard mobilized to Little Rock Central High 19. Which San Luis Obispo County school School in 1957? district covers more physical landmass than Los Angeles Unified? 8. What education legislation passed in 1958 because of Sputnik, the Soviet Union’s 20. Which San Luis Obispo County school launch of the first satellite to orbit the earth? district maintains a one-room school campus?
17. Atascadero
5. Why did students in the United States 17. Which San Luis Obispo County school practice ducking for shelter beneath their district still had student dormitories operating desks in 1942? in the 1980s?
18. Shandon
4. What was a significant factor that 16. In 1995 nine district teachers in Euprompted creating what we know today as gene, Oregon, introduced what non-traditionthe school buses? al program for instructional delivery?
19. Atascadero
12. In 1979 which President appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education and cabinet-level position fifteenth in the line of succession to the pres1. Who said, “Education is the most pow- idency? erful weapon which you can use to change the world?” 13. Which President’s administration published “A Nation at Risk” with recommenda2. Who advocated for the creation of public tions for how schools should teach students? schools that would be universally available to all children free of charge, funded by the 14. What Bay Area high school placed a state? new technology with a video game center on campus as an experiment to raise funds? 3. Which were the first and last states to offer free public schooling for all in the Unit15. What does NCLB represent in edued States? cation jargon?
9. Which President signed the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the 1966 Child Nutrition Act that established the School Breakfast Program?
20. Shandon
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hope to provide some entertainment this month with an Education Trivia Quiz. Schools have changed a great deal over the years and continue to reflect the changes in our society. Chalkboards were updated to whiteboards and then to Smart Boards. Laptops and iPads replaced notebooks and textbooks in the same way that ballpoint pens replaced fountain pens and ink wells. Test your trivia knowledge and take some time to reflect on education as it was and is today.
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