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hands of luck Segment 2 1. What do you remember remember about about ,eo-rey ,eo-rey anada/s "ersonal and and "rofessional "rofessional background? background? 2. What does education "resident mean? Segment 1. What is is the goal goal of the the /0o hild eft eft ehind/ ehind/ Act? Act? 2. What is reuired reuired of a high school graduate graduate to be eligible for for a fouryear fouryear uni$ersity uni$ersity according according to alifornia "ublic uni$ersity system? 3. Which Which of the the follo followin wing g states states was was not mentioned in the $ideo Alabama5 b6 alifornia5 c6 7ansas5 d6 0ew 8ersey? Segment Why was 9ichelle :hee an unlikely candidate for the "osition she was a""ointed to? Segment * +ill in the gap# with the wor!# from the vi!eo$ ;oward
tenure5> which guaranteed their obs for life. @he idea of tenure started in uni$ersities. t was meant to "rotect "rofessors from getting )red for ======== or "olitical reasons. n uni$ersities5 "rofessors are only ====== tenure after many years of teaching and a ======= $etting "rocess5 and many don/t recei$e it. ut for "ublic school teachers5 tenure has become automatic. So5 this is an ======= "rocess for all teachers. t/s called the Brofessional ========= C$aluation Brocess5 or collouially the BBCB. And there are strict rules to re"lace a ======= teacher. t has 23 ste"s ste"s.. @her @here e is an ====== ======= = confer conferenc ence e at the beginn beginning ing of the year year.. Week eekly ly assist assistanc ance e must must be "ro$ided. @hen the obser$ation has to occur5 it has to be a certain number of minutes. @hen there/s a "ost conference which needs to ha""en after the obser$ation. D$er those '( days5 the ======= must
do three more obser$ations... f it isn/t com"leted by 8anuary5 you ha$e to wait until the following year. @here/s lots of forms and dates and ========= that ha$e to be followed5 and if a single date is missed5 for whate$er reason5 the entire "rocess can be subect to grie$ance. don/t know5 it ust feels like a strange...======== to me. Segment , -atch the type# of #chool# to their !e.nition#$ 1
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is a "ublicly funded inde"endent school established by teachers5 "arents5 or community grou"s under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority is a school that is su""orted )nancially by the go$ernment and usually "ro$ides free education. is a statefunded school5 usually in a "oor area5 which is gi$en e+tra resources in order to attract new "u"ils from other areas and hel" im"ro$e the school/s "erformance. t "ro$ides a focus on one subect area throughout its curriculum in order to attract5 often from an early age5 "u"ils who wish to s"eciali*e in this subect. is a "ri$ate school for students who intend to go to college after they lea$e. a school intermediate between an elementary school and a high school5 ty"ically for children in the si+th5 se$enth5 and eighth grades
Segment / 1. Ee)ne >tracking> as used in the $ideo. 2. According to the narrator what is one of the "roblems with the current American school system? 3. Which argument did ill ,ates gi$e while testifying before ongress? Segment 1. Which words does the s"eaker associate with ;arlem
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1. s there anything you would like to change in the Ukrainian school system? f so5 would you consider ado"ting some of the a""roaches used in the US e ducation system? 2. Who are the "eo"le in the "hotos? Which $iews did they e+"ress in the $ideo? 3. Which features of the American school system struck you the most?
