Unit education Flashcards
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What are Charter Schools?
Public schools that are operated like private schools and run by public teachers and administrators.
What is Cognitive Ability?
Capacity for thinking abstractly.
What is Cultural Bias?
Unfair measurement of the cognitive abilities of people in the same social categories.
What is Educational Equality?
Condition in which schooling produces the same results for minority children as it does for others.
What are For Profit Schools?
Schools which are run by private companies on government funds.
What is Formal Schooling?
Education that is provided and regulated by society.
What are Magnet Schools?
Public schools that focus on particular disciplines or areas.
What is Tracking?
School districts place students in programs according to their academic ability levels.
What is the Voucher System?
System in which public school funds may be used to support public, private or religious schools.
