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Memorize these and recognize 14.3% of all Education clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a kindergarten | 9 | Restored to its original look, the USA's first public one of these opened in St. Louis in 1873 |
| 2 | Maria Montessori | 9 | This Italian woman's famous "method" encourages a child's self-development |
| 3 | Princeton | 8 | "Peacemaking" & "Grand Strategy" are course options at the Woodrow Wilson School at this university |
| 4 | Yale | 7 | 1st football tackling dummy was devised in 1889 by Amos Alonzo Stagg at this Conn. university |
| 5 | Harvard | 7 | You may seek "Forgiveness" & "Elementary Syriac" at its noted divinity school |
| 6 | Horace Mann | 6 | In 1838 this Massachusetts educator founded the biweekly Common School Journal for teachers |
| 7 | Brown | 5 | Oh yeah, Nietzsche & Freud come up in the "Guilt and Shame" philosophy course at this Rhode Island school |
| 8 | the American Federation of Teachers | 5 | Randi Weingarten, now president of this union, also serves on the executive council of the AFL-CIO |
| 9 | Head Start | 4 | This government program for preschoolers began as a summer project in LBJ's War on Poverty |
| 10 | Columbia | 4 | If an "Intro to Theoretical Neuroscience" is needed, this U. on 116th St. would be happy to arrange a meeting |
| 11 | Wellesley | 3 | It's about a 2-hour drive northeast from Wesleyan in Connecticut to this Seven Sisters college in Massachusetts |
| 12 | USC | 3 | In 2017 this private school opened a new $700 million "Village" featuring South L.A.'s first Trader Joe's |
| 13 | Trinity | 3 | Tennyson attended this college at Cambridge University; there's a college with the same name in Dublin |
| 14 | the University of Virginia | 3 | Thomas Jefferson laid out the campus of this school that opened with a faculty of 7 |
| 15 | the Sorbonne | 3 | Fondee vers 1257, cette ecole Parisienne |
| 16 | the Jesuits | 3 | "For the greater glory of god" is the motto of this Catholic order focused on education |
| 17 | the G.I. Bill | 3 | It was originally called the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 & provided free education for vets |
| 18 | Public Enemy | 3 | 2015 is the 25th anniversary of this group's "Fear of a Black Planet" |
| 19 | phonics | 3 | starfall.com helps kids learn to read with this method that breaks words down into their most basic parts |
| 20 | Oxford | 3 | This university 50 miles west of London dates back to the 12th century |
| 21 | Michigan | 3 | The Kalamazoo case of 1874 allowed this state to use local property taxes to support secondary schools |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 3 | In 1839 the 1st state teachers college in the U.S. opened in this state under Horace Mann's guidance |
| 23 | Georgetown | 3 | In 2005 this D.C. university's Walsh School of Foreign Service opened its first foreign campus, in Qatar |
| 24 | Dick & Jane | 3 | Between 1931 & 1970, millions learned to read using books featuring this brother & sister & their dog, Spot |
| 25 | William & Mary | 3 | Chartered 1693 by the eponymous pair |
| 26 | principal | 3 | The name of this elementary school official is from the Latin for "first person" |
| 27 | MIT | 3 | I.M. Pei, George Ellery Hale, Murray Gell-Mann |
| 28 | curriculum | 3 | The "formal" type of this Latin word is the course of study; the "hidden" one is the social cues & values kids pick up |
| 29 | Wake Forest | 2 | In 1838 this Winston-Salem university dropped the "Manual Labor Institute" portion of its name |
| 30 | vocational | 2 | From a Latin word for "a calling", this type of school trains its students for employment |
| 31 | Vassar | 2 | This Poughkeepsie, N.Y. school built an observatory for astronomer Maria Mitchell in 1864 |
| 32 | the University of North Carolina | 2 | This school in Chapel Hill was the first state university to accept students, on February 12, 1795 |
| 33 | Texas Tech | 2 | Though its name connotes more engineering than soft rock tunes, this Lubbock U. boasts John Denver as an alum |
| 34 | Suzuki | 2 | This method that uses a "mother tongue" approach to teach kids to play musical instruments is named for a Japanese violinist |
| 35 | Sarah Lawrence | 2 | William Van Duzer Lawrence named a college for his wife, her |
| 36 | red | 2 | Traditional color of the one-room schoolhouse |
| 37 | Read | 2 | "Why Johnny Still Can't" do this by Rudolf Flesch was a 1981 follow-up to the original 1955 bestseller |
| 38 | Public school | 2 | British term for schools like Eton that are actually what Americans would call private |
| 39 | Plato | 2 | In his "Republic", this philosopher advocated a curriculum based on the education of an elite class |
| 40 | philosophy | 2 | In 1896 Queen's University awarded Canada's first Ph.D. in this field that all Ph.D.s should be in |
| 41 | Penn State | 2 | 1973: John Cappelletti of this school; Jo-Pa had been head coach for 7 years even then |
| 42 | parochial | 2 | This term refers to private schools owned & administered by a religious group |
| 43 | Oregon | 2 | Willamette University, oldest in the West, is in this state |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 2 | Cherokee schools were operating in this territory in the 1830s, about 60 years before white schools |
| 45 | Lee | 2 | Washington College was renamed in 1871 to honor this general, its president from 1865-1870 |
| 46 | junior colleges | 2 | In 1901 Stanley Brown & William Harper established the first of these 2-year community colleges, in Joliet, Illinois |
| 47 | Juilliard | 2 | Now named for a benefactor, it opened in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art |
| 48 | Johns Hopkins | 2 | The women who raised $500,000 to open this Baltimore med school in 1893 insisted women be admitted |
| 49 | Indiana | 2 | Founded in 1820, this university boasts the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender & Reproduction |
| 50 | homework | 2 | The National PTA suggests that 12th graders spend no more than 2 hours a night on this |
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