CivNY Ed 2020

Last updated almost 6 years ago

17 questions

Note from the author:

An overview of education policymaking in New York

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CivNY Ed 2020

Last updated almost 6 years ago

17 questions

Note from the author:

An overview of education policymaking in New York

Question 1

How many months of the year does the NYS Board of Regents meet?

The NYS Board of Regents meets year-round

The NYS Board of Regents meets from Janury through June

The NYS Board of Regents meets from September though July with a recess in August

Question 2

How often does the Board of Regents officially meet?

Daily

Weekly

semimonthly

monthly

Question 3

Where does the Board of Regents meet?

In New York City

In Buffalo

In Albany

In different locations on a rotation

Question 4

What was the Manumission Society?

A group of Columbia College graduates committed to easing the ills of slavery.

A group that sought to improve the rights of blacks and to provide them with an education

Both A and B

Neither A nor B

Question 5

How many members serve on the Board of Regents?

17 members each of whom represents a Judicial District

13 members who represent a Judicial District and four members serving At Large

4 members who represent a Judicial District and 13 members who serve At Large

13 members all of whom represent a Judicial District

Question 6

School visits help guide the Regents in identifying policy and funding priorities

True

False

Question 7

Several Founding Fathers and early statemen in New York also served on the Board of Regents

True

False

Question 8

Practice writing a letter to a member of the Board of Regents on a specific issue. What is the issue and how do you think the Regents are able to help?

Question 9

What is the Common School Movement?

A movement to create schools that are all the same

A movement to create schools that educate all children regardless of background in a common place

A movement to create schools only for low income students

Question 10

10.

Who was Florence Gibb Pratt?

The first woman elected Chancellor of the Board of Regents

The first African American woman to serve on the Board of Regents

The first Latina Chancellor of the Board of Regents

The first woman to serve on the Board of Regents

Question 11

11.

Who is Dr. Adelaide Sanford?

The first woman to serve on the Board of Regents

The first African American woman to serve on the Board of Regents

The first African American woman elected to serve as Vice Chancellor of the Board of Regents

The first woman to serve as Chancellor of the Board of Regents

Question 12

12.

Who was Dr. Kenneth Clark?

The first African American to serve on the Board of Regents

The first African American to earn a PhD in Psychology at Columbia University

He testified to the results of the Doll Study in the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation case

All of the above

Question 13

13.

Who is R. Carlos Carballada?

The first Latino to serve on the Board of Regents

The first Latino to be elected to serve as Chancellor on the Board of Regents

Both A and B

Neither A nor B

Question 14

14.

Part of SED's Cultural Education program includes repatriation of cultural artifacts to New York's indigenous peoples

True

False

Question 15

15.

All schools across NY get the same amount of money in state funding.

True

False

Question 16

16.

The budget cycle for the Board of Regents and SED begins in the

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Question 17

17.

The members of the Board of Regents are selected by the

Public

Governor

Legislature

Commissioner of Education