Important Laws & Acts
A part of the Education Amendments of 1972 that protected individuals from discrimination based on gender
What is Title IX?
Public schools in the US are funded by which combination of entities?
What is federal, state, and local?
Pickering v. Board of Education protest teachers'
What is First Amendment rights?
This is the unofficial but highly involved people and groups if schools. Examples are parents, school secretaries, custodians, etc.
The Secretary of Education
Who is Miguel Cardano?
This piece of legislation requires government-run schools that receive federal aid to administer state-wide standardized tests annually for all students
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
According to John Goodlad's "A Place Called School" there are four board goals of public education. They are academic, vocational, social/civic, and
What is personal?
The desegregation of public schools, which took place in 1954, was a landmark cases known as
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Some factors that influence education are
What is culture, family, expectation of society, economic factors, local board of education, finances, erc?
What is culture, family, expectation of society, economic factors, local board of education, finances, erc?
This amendment gives states more rights on educational issues, standards, etc. It stated that, "The powers not delegated to the US, are reserved to the states."
What is 10th Amendment?
The improvement of school districts to become more competitive is a by-product of
What is school choice?
Allowed monetary damages for Title IX violations
What is Franklin v. Gwinnett?
The act or process of overseeing the control and direction of a school.
What is governance?
Who signed the No Child Left Behind Act?
Who is George W. Bush?
Prohibits discrimination bases on gender
What is Title IX?
The obligation of schools and teachers to be held responsible for student performance. In this the public wants to see academic progress for their tax dollars.
What is accountabilty?
Students suspended have the right to Due Process. If a student is disruptive or dangerous they can be suspended but a hearing must come soon. What court cases ensures this?
What is Goss v. Lopez?
A way of describing people based on their education, income, and type of job.
What is socioeconomic status?
Signed the Every Child Succeeds Act
Who is Barack Obama?
Homer Plessy argues that separate facilities for blacks and whites is unequal; the court ruled that separate but equal is constitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
A lot of school funding is dependent on
What is property tax?
A federal law, also called the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, that describes who may have access to a student's educational records
What is Buckley Amendment?
This is an agency that operates under the direction of the state board of education, accrediting schools, certifying teachers, appropriating state school funds, and so on.
What is state department of education?
Georgia Superintendent of Schools
Who is Richard Woods?