San Luis County Office of Education: Education Trivia Quiz

James

Brescia, Ed.D.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Ihope 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. 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 an honor to serve as your County Superintendent of Schools.

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1) Who said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world?” 2) Who advocated for the creation of public schools that would be universally available to all children free of charge, funded by the state? 3) Which were the first and last states to offer free public schooling for all in the United States? 4) What was a significant factor that prompted creating what we know today as the school buses? 5) Why did students in the United States practice ducking for shelter beneath their desks in 1942? 6) What did the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Topeka unanimous Supreme Court ruling end? 7) Why was the Arkansas National Guard mobilized to Little Rock Central High School in 1957? 8) What education legislation passed in 1958 because of Sputnik, the Soviet Union’s launch of the first satellite to orbit the earth? 9) Which President signed the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the 1966 Child Nutrition Act that established the School Breakfast Program? 10) What is the name of the education act passed by the United States Congress in 1972 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? 12) In 1979 which President appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education and cabinet-level position 15th in the line of succession to the presidency? 13) Which President’s administration published “A Nation at Risk” with recommendations for how schools should teach students? 14) What Bay Area high school placed a new technology with a video game center on campus as an experiment to raise funds? 15) What does NCLB represent in education jargon? 16) In 1995 nine district teachers in Eugene, Oregon, introduced what non-traditional program for instructional delivery? 17) Which San Luis Obispo County school district still had student dormitories operating in the 1980s? 18) Which San Luis Obispo County school district recently requested insurance coverage for a high school student traveling to school on horseback? 19) Which San Luis Obispo County school district covers more physical landmass than Los Angeles Unified? 20) Which San Luis Obispo County school district maintains a one-room school campus?