systems and structures within society that shape the activities of groups and individuals
What is a social institution?
100
public schools run by private entities to give parents greater control over their children's education
What are charter schools?
100
any institutionalized system of shared beliefs and rituals that identify a relationship between the sacred and the profane
What is religion?
100
the process by which a society transmits its knowledge, values, and expectations to its members so they can function effectively
What is education?
100
the regular practice of religious beliefs, often measured in terms of frequency of attendance at worship services and the importance of religious beliefs to an individual
What is religiosity?
200
methods and tactics intended to influence government policy, policy-related attitudes and activities
What is politics?
200
institutions in which students earn a high school diploma and two years of credit toward a bachelor's degree
What are early college high schools?
200
a proposition or idea held on the basis of faith
What is a belief?
200
the placement of students on educational "tracks" or programs of study that determine the types of classes students take
What is tracking?
200
a person's public display of commitment to a religious faith
What is extrinsic religiosity?
300
the formal, organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society, especially through the creation and enforcement of laws
What is government?
300
the education of children by their parents, at home
What is homeschooling?
300
a practice based in religious beliefs
What is a ritual?
300
values or behaviors that students learn indirectly over the course of their schooling because of the structure of the educational system and the teaching methods
What is a hidden curriculum?
300
a person's inner religious life or personal relationship to the divine
What is intrinsic religiosity?
400
a government ruled by a king or queen, with succession of rulers kept within the family
What is monarchy?
400
payments from the government to parents whose children attend failing public schools; the money helps parents pay private school tuition
What are school vouchers?
400
the holy, divine, or supernatural
What does sacred mean?
400
each state is responsible for testing every student in its public education system at specific grade intervals to determine levels of success
What is No Child Left Behind?
400
the practice of emphasizing literal interpretation of texts and a "return" to a time of greater religious purity; represented by the most conservative group within any religion
What is fundamentalism?
500
stripped of voting rights, either temporarily or permanently
What is disenfranchised?
500
two year institution that provides students with general education and facilitates transfer to a four year university
What is a community college?
500
the ordinary, mundane, or everyday
What does profane mean?
500
any educational course or program in which the teacher and the student meet via the internet, rather than meeting physically in a classroom
What is online education?
500
a term describing conservative Christians who emphasize converting others to their faith