NYC DOE 101
NYC Education 101
School Funding
100
He or she sits at the top of the NYC government organizational chart and answer to the voters of the city of New York
Who is the Mayor
100
Defined as a deliberate plan of action, set of guidelines, or regulations designed to guide decisions and achieve outcomes
What is a Policy
100
Approximately 72 Billion Dollars for 2015
What is the New York City Budget
200
Oversee 1,500 schools in 9 geographic regions within New York City
Who is the School Chancellor
200
400 Said the purpose of education the is to “read and enjoy a language, and the stress of teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, if the tortoise were allowed time to creep, and the bird permitted to fly, and the fish to swim, towards the enchanted and divine sources of Helicon”
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
The part of the education budget that covers day to day operation of school system Including teachers salaries, supplies, electricity, busses, lunches, administrators salaries, chancellors salaries, and staff salaries wages and benefits
What is the operating budget
300
There are 32 of these who job is to create more specific education policies for their own community districts. Each has 12 members, including 9 parents, 2 members appointed by Borough President, and 1 student member appointed by Community Superintendant.
What are the Community Education Councils
300
Said that: “The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.”
Who is W.E.B. Dubois –The Negro Problem, 1903
300
Part of the education budget used for tangible structures or facilities that last 5 years or longer. Used to build new schools, repair existing schools and add new enhancements such as new roofs, windows, science labs, playground repairs, etc.
What is the Capital Budget
400
This Panel is the governance body of the DOE. (This means that they approve, or do not approve, all policy that DOE proposes.) It consist of 13 members representing all 5 boroughs appointed by The Mayor and the Chancellor
What is the Panel for Education Policy?
400
Stated as the question that will guide, or frame, our inquiry and learning throughout the summer.
What is the guiding question
400
Through Fair Student Funding it is the amount of base student funding or “foundation” money that all schools receive regardless of size
What is 225,000 dollars
500
This is a federal law which mandated that all states must set academic standards and create assessment tests for certain grade levels in order to receive federal funding. It focused on using standardized tests to ensure that ALL students were proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014.
What is No Child Left Behind)
500
Said that “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
Who is Paulo Freire
500
It is the system for determining a schools budget that seems like a “workout” but isn’t
What is the Student Weights, Grade Weight, or Needs Weight system
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