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| magnet schools | offer unique educational programs in such areas as technology or arts |
| A Place Called School | a study & book that explore school practices and the purpose of school |
| open enrollment | students not required to attend closest public school |
| Edison School | Chris Whittle's private-enterprise attempt to reform schools |
| five new basics | English, social science, computer science, math, science |
| school choice | allows for open enrollment, vouchers, and charter schools |
| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris | allows public funding for religious education |
| 3rd wave of school reform | viewed schools as the center of a network of social service agencies |
| What educational goal focuses on meeting standards in order to graduate? | transmitting society's knowledge and values |
| John Goodlad? | author of A Place Called School, a study examining the purposes of schooling |
| Students, parents, & teachers rated school goals found that | vocational, personal, academic, and social and civic goals were very important |
| Influential report that focused attention on the need for educational reform and set in motion the 3 wave reform | A Nation at Risk |
| After the release of A Nation at Risk, school reformers focused on | reducing electives & increasing courses required for graduation |
| 2nd wave, Sizer, Goodlad, & Boyer called for | changing practices at the school level & empowering teachers and principals |
| History of school reform reveals | that school goals tend to change to reflect the nation's ever-changing priorities |
| The neighborhood public school is | in competition with magnet schools, charter schools, and even for-profit schools |
| Open enrollment term given to | the elimination of the requirement that students attend the closest public school |
| early promoter of vouchers | Milton Friedman |
| Scathing 1983 report by National Commission on Excellence criticized schools for | cafeteria-style curriculum and declining test scores |
| Charter schools typically enjoy | permission to operate for a fixed length of time |
| Edison Schools | are for-profit charter schools with an uncertain future |
| Home schooled students | are most often home-schooled for religious reasons |
| Virtual schools | are a form of distance learning |
| A state establishes standards that student must meet in order to graduate- What educational goal? | transmitting society's knowledge & values |
| Someone in favor of social action - Which goal for schools? | to encourage student to questions & reform current practices |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman | determine the legality of government funds used in religious schools |
| A Nation at Risk | report that criticized "cafeteria-style curriculum" and called for 5 new basics |
| A colleague wants to learn more about economic reconstructionism. What should he read? | Paulo Freire's The Pedagogy of the Oppressed |
