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Schools and Society
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character education | is an approach to developing morality that suggests moral values and positive character traits, such as honesty and citizenship should be emphasized, taught and rewarded. |
| Academy | a secondary school that focused on the practical needs of Colonial America as a growing nation |
| Head Start | federal compensatory education program designed to help 3-5 year old disadvantaged children enter school ready to learn |
| Progressive Education | educational philosophy emphasizing curriculum with a real world approach of problem solving and individual development. |
| Assimilation | the process of socializing people to adopt dominant social norms and patterns of behavior |
| Junior high schools | Schools that were originally designed in the early 1900s to provide a unique academic curriculum for early adolescent growth. |
| "separate but equal' | policy segregating minorities in education, transportation and other areas of public life if opportunities and facilities were the same as non-minorities |
| vouchers | a check or written document that parents can use to purchase educational services. |
| Middle Schools | schools typically for 6-8 grade specifically designed to help students through the rapid social, emotional, and intellectual changes characteristic of early adolescent. |
| War on Poverty | general term for federal programs designed to eradicate poverty during the 1960s |
| compensatory education programs | government attempts to create more equal educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth |
| Title 1 | federal compensatory education program that funds supplemental educational services for low income students in elementary or secondary schools |
| magnet schools | public schools that offer innovative or specialized programs and accept enrollment from all parts of the district |
| Latin Grammar School | a college-preparatory school originally designed to help boys prepare for the ministry or later, a career in law |
| Common School Movement | a historical attempt to make education available for all children in the United States |
| Comprehensive high School | a secondary school that attempts to meet the need of its students by housing them together and providing them curriculum options based on a wide variety of interests and ability. Examples are college prep classes to vocational classes |
| Normal School | two year institutions developed in the early 1800's to prepare prospective elementary school teachers |
| english classical school | free secondary school designed for boys that were not planning on attending college |
| old Deluder Satan Act | Early colonial law designed to create scripture-literate citizens who would thwart satin's trickery. |
| block grants | Federal monies provided to states and school districts with a few restrictions for use. |
| principal | the individual who has the ultimate administrative responsibility for the schools operation |
| state tuition tax-credit plans | A variation on school voucher programs in which parents are given tax-credits for their money spent on private-school tuition |
| categorical grants | monies targeted for specific groups and designated purposes |
| school district | an administrative unit within a state, defined by geographical boundaries, and legally responsible for the public education of children within those boundaries |
| superintendent | the school district's head administrative officer, along with is or her staff, responsible for implementing that policy in the district's schools |
| charter schools | alternative schools that are independently operated but publicly funded |
| site based decision making | a school management reform movement that attempts to place increased responsibility for governance at the individual school level |
| homeschooling | an educational option in which parents educate their children at home |
| state board of education | the legal governing body that exercises general control and supervision of the schools in a state |
| local school board | a group of elected lay citizens responsible for setting policies that determine how a school district operates |
| state office of education | office responsible for implementing a state's education policy on a day to day basis |
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