Exam 5: Public Education in Texas

The 1949 Texas legislature passed what famous set of educational reforms?

The school funding law suit of 2013-2016 was conducted before Texas District Judge:

The Texas governor who defended school segregation in the 1950s was _______

No Child Left Behind was the educational program of which president?

The 1918-1920 school improvement movement in Texas was called?

What _______ % of adult Hispanics in Texas lack a high School diploma.

Describe the "Robin Hood school funding program adopted in the early-1990s. What are its pros and cons?

The Gilmer-Aiken educational reforms were passed in 1982.

What social and economic changes in Texas motivated the legislature to approve the 1949 Gilmer-Aiken educational reforms?

Texas has spent more than the national average per pupil in its public schools in all but two of the last ten years.

In 1900, Texas per pupil expenditures were what percent of the national average for per pupil expenditures?

The federal government agency charged with taking care of former slaves, including their education, was _______

Texas teacher pay has averaged about where in regard to the national average since 1950? (1=best, 50=worst)

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby was a 1989 school funding case.

The federal government agency that sought to educate former slaves during Reconstruction was:

Since 1950, Texas spending per pupil has been what percent of the national average for spending per pupil?

Which U.S. president initiated the No Child Left Behind educational reforms _______?

The 1954 Supreme Court case ending racial segregation in the nation's public schools was _______

Which Article in the Texas Constitution of 1876, the current state constitution, deals with education?

In 2019, the most recent data, the national average for SAT test-takers was 1059. The Texas average was: