Chapter 11 Flashcards
(11 cards)
The state’s primary education policymaking body for elementary and secondary education
State board of education
The executive officer of a state’s board of education who is responsible for administration of that state’s public education.
Chief state school officer
The state bureaucracy, operating under the direction of the state board of education, whose responsibilities typically include administering and distributing state and federal funds, licensing teachers, educational data, approving college programs
State department of education
The policymaking body of the school district is the?
Local school board
A professional educator selected by the local school board to act as its executive officer and as the educational leader and chief administrator of the local school district
Superintendent of schools
Difference is roles from superintendent and local school board
Superintendent keeps the schools functioning, school boards have policymaking responsibilities
A local organization, usually centered around each school, that consists of both parents and teachers at the school.
Parent-teacher organization
A movement to contract with private organizations, often for profit, to operate particular public schools whose students have been performing poorly on academic test or to provide specific educational services to public schools.
Privatization
Federal aid to education that must be spent on specific items
categorical grants
Grants given to the states by the federal government that allow more discretion to the states as to how they money will be spent.
block grants
Educational support to provide a more equal opportunity for disadvantaged students through activities such as remedial instruction and early learning.
Compensatory education
