Chapter 5

A Tale of Three States: What Happens When States Invest Strategically (or Don’t)

M C T F T S M A R T S T A R T

S U Q A J Q X V G G T O Q X O

C A F M A L Q D G H N Z V G C

C L H X M T A C R O U J M Q V

T A A N I L O R A C H T R O N

R U L U I A K R Y M B O I P Z

Q P C I O Z X C D M S G P F Y

M S W I F J P K A Q E N X F R

S W L N T O N F V S M X C M P

Y I X I A C R V I R A N F B V

V G M E M W E N S X J G U Q F

Y B W S N Z E N I C F X T Q H

F R E T M E H N N A O F U L R

E N V Q K F K D M O O B L E W

E J X O S C W Q C O C B N F Z

Clues

  1. This is an innovative performance assessment that poses challenging authentic problems for potential principals based on the state standards. (Acronym)
  2. A North Carolina governor who had a strong commitment to lift his state up from the status of a low-spending, low-achieving state. He also served as the founding chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, launched in 1987 as the first national effort to set professional standards for teaching and to assess teachers’ capacity in the classroom.
  3. Created in 1984, this network operates a variety of programs to improve the quality of mathematics and science teaching and learning. Through 10 centers located on campuses of the University of North Carolina and one center located at the North Carolina school of Science and Mathematics, this network trains teacher leaders and coaches as well as offering annual institutes. (Acronym)
  4. A program launched in 1993 to attract outstanding aspiring principals. This program has supplied the state of North Carolina with 800 highly trained principals, and half of all current candidates for the masters’ in school administration. (Acronym)
  5. A program launched in North Carolina in 1993 that is a public-private initiative that provides early education funding to all of the state’s 100 counties to improve childcare quality and accessibility, as well as access to health services and family support. (two words)
  6. This governor in the late 1990s instituted some productive teacher recruitment policies that began to transform opportunities in high-need schools--forgivable loans and scholarships to train teachers for these schools, subsidies to hard-to-staff schools to recruit and retain qualified teachers and to improve working conditions, state recruitment centers to assist districts in funding and hiring qualified applicants—-and these noticeably reduced teacher shortages. However, his successor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, eliminated nearly all of these initiatives during frequent rounds of budget cuts.
  7. In chapter 5, the tale of this state shows how, when governments do not assume a supportive leadership role, scarce resources for education are wasted, and both children and society are harmed.
  8. The tale of these two states, provide insights about how states can increase educational quality and reduce inequality when governments assume an important role to play beyond guiding the flow of money from taxpayers to schools. (two states)

Note: There are a total of 9 words to find.

Reference

Darling-Hammond, L. The Flat World and Education: How America’s commitment To Equity Will Determine Our Future. 2010 Teachers College Press. New York, NY