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Educ 101 Chap 6
Educ 101 Chap 6 Furbush
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Educational Politics | How people use power, influence, and suthority to affect instructional and curricular practices within a school or school system |
| What are the groups that shape educational policies? | Parents, Students,Teachers,Administrators,Taxpayers,Federal,state & local authorities, Ethnic and racial groups, educational theorists and researchers, corporate sector, and special interest groups. |
| What are the five dimensions of educational politics that influence teachers? | Political Pressure from federal, state, & local levels; Conflicting beliefs about what should be taught & how; Competition for educational resources; Changing legal rights & responsibilities of teachers; push for higher standards, testing, accountability |
| What gives the states' legal authority over public education? | 10th Amendment of the Constitution which gives states power not specifically given to the federal government |
| What is a school board? | acts as a state agent responsible for approving teachers, administrators, and other school staff hired, developing educational & organizational policies, and dtermining the procedures for evaluating programs & personnel. |
| Under the school board, who is the leader of a school system? | Superintendent |
| What is the role of state government in public education? | The legislature, governor, state courts, state board of education |
| What is a state takeover? | The state government intervenes in the running of por performing schools and districts |
| What are the responsibilities of state departments of education? | Teacher certification, Distribution of Federal & state money to schools, Reports on the quality/status of education,Make sure/Compliance of state & federal education guidelines, accredit schools, monitoring of student safety ;improve education projects |
| How does the federal government impact education? | Influence moral vision for schools, provide aid to schools, regulate schools,fund educational research |
| What are some federal laws impacting education? | No Child Left Behind Act, Blueprint for Reform:Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 2010 |
| What are the provisions in Blueprint for Reform:Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 2010? | Improving teacher & principal effectiveness, providing info to families to evaluate schools, implementing career & college ready standards, and improving student learning in lower performing schools |
| What impact did the American Recovery & Investment Act of 2009 have on schools? | It included 100 billion dollars for education in 2009 and another 10 billion in 2010-11 to prevent teacher & staff layoffs |
| Expenditure per pupil | the amount of money spend per student for education |
| How much did schools cost in 2008? | $596.6 billion with an exp. per pupil of $10, 297 |
| According to Figure 6.6 on page 200, where is most education money spent? | 65.8% is spent on Instruction and instructional issues |
| According to Figure 6.7 on page 201, what is ther percentage breakdown of funding for schools? | Local 43.5%, State 48.3%, & Federal 8.2% |
| At the local level, most school funding comes from__________________________________. | Property taxes |
| The _____________________ contributes 50% of school funding. | State |
| Most state revenues for education come from _________________________________________. | sales tax and income tax |
| What did the 1981 Education Consolidation and Improvement Act do? | Gave states a broad range of choices in spending federal money. |
| What are entitlements? | Federal government programs targeted to help special student populations. |
| What did the reauthorized ESEA Act of 2010 do? | Title 1 of it gives $1 billion to school districts with large populations of low income students. |
| What is a problem of basing local funds for schools on property taxes? | Poorer areas have lower taxes and less money for schools |
| What is Head Start? | Federally funded program providing pre-school to lower income children. |
| What is vertical funding? | Funding to schools that have greater needs based on student populations--limited English speaking, special education, etc... |
| School Choice | The concept of allowing parents to select their child's school; attempts to provide equity to good schools & resources |
| Voucher system | Parent given a voucher to pay for child's education at the school of their choice |
| What are charter schools? | independent, innovative, outcome based public schools. |
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