Chapter 7 Vocabulary Crossword

A classical secondary school in colonial America that emphasized elements of Latin and English grammar schools and by the nineteenth century became more of a college preparatory school. Also the name of the ancient Greek school founded by Plato.
An early elementary textbook written by Noah Webster that focused on the alphabet, grammar, and moral lessons.
A 1983 federal report that characterized U.S. schools as mediocre, putting the nation at risk of losing economic and technological ground to other countries. The report called for renewed emphasis on core academic subjects and ushered in the era of "back-to-basics" education.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reversed an earlier "separate but equal" ruling and declared that segrated schooling was inherently unequal and therefore unlawful.
A public, tax-supported school. First established in Massachusetts, the school's purpose was to create a common basis of knowledge for children. It usually refers to a public elementary school.
Primary schools in colonial and other early periods in which students were taught by untrained women in the women's own homes.
de facto segregation The segregation of racial or other groups resulting from circumstances, such as housing patterns, rather than from official policy or law.
The segregation of racial or other groups on the basis of law, policy, or a practice designed to accomplish such separation.
An educational institution for children in grades 1 through 5, 6, or 8, often including kindergarten.
The first free public high school, established in Boston in 1821. The school initially enrolled only boys.
A term applied to the gender stereotyping of career and occupational fields. Teaching, for example, was initially gendered male but today is gendered female, particularly at the elementary school level.
A single sheet of parchment containing the Lord’s Prayer and letters of the alphabet. It was protected by a thin sheath from the flattened horn of a cow and fastened to a wooden board–hence the name. It was used during the colonial era in primary schools.
Latin term meaning "in place of the parents"; that is, a teacher or school administrator assumes the duties and responsibilities of the parents during the hours the child attends school.
An 1874 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the right of states to tax citizens to provide public secondary education.
A preschool, early childhood educational environment first designed by Froebel in the mid-nineteenth century.
A nineteenth-century federal law that required newly settled territories to reserve a section of land for schools.
A classical secondary school with a Latin and Greek curriculum preparing students for college.
A reading series that, for almost 100 years, promoted moral and patriotic messages and set the practice of reading levels leading toward graded elementary schools.
Federally sponsored programs (1958) to improve science, math, and foreign language instruction in schools.
One of the first textbooks in colonial America, teaching reading and moral messages.
A two-year teacher education institution popular in the nineteenth century. Many normal schools were expanded to become today’s state colleges and universities.
Federal legislation that provided for the sale of federal lands in the Northwest territory to support public schools.
Massachusetts colony law requiring teachers in towns of fifty families or more and that schools be built in towns of one hundred families or more. Communities must teach children to read so that they can read the Bible and thwart Satan.