Facts of the Tax
Vocab
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The FINish
100

Sales Tax

What is: A small percentage charge added to all sales.

100

Accountability

What is: The public wanting to see success come from their money being spent towards education

100

Define "Categorical Grant"

What is: funds from the federal government directed at specific categories and targeted educational needs.

100

What is the ratio of teachers accepted into the field in Finland?

What is: 1 out of 10.

200

Personal Income Tax

What is: a tax collected through payroll deductions. 


200

!!!!!DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!

Who is: Marian Wright Edelman. Founded the CDF in 1973.

200

Who struggles the most from Property Taxes?

What is: Urban areas.

200

Finland is ranked #1 as the ______ country in the world.

What is: happiest
300

Property Tax

What is: a tax based off of real estate (and sometimes personal property).

300

Robin Hood Reformers

What is: Reformers who used court cases to take from wealthier districts and redistribute the money to poorer districts.

300

Define "Block Grant"

What is: large sums of money from the federal government given directly to the states with few strings attached.


300

How are national tests in Finland different from in the US?

What is:

- fewer of them

- not for funding

- less emphasis on them

400

More than 40 states use a ____% sales tax

What is: 2-8%

400

Municipal Overburden

What is: the phenomenon that because urban areas have to focus funding on areas like police, hospitals, etc., it subtracts from their funding for schools.


400

Personal Income Tax brings in more than ____% of state revenue

What is: 25%

400

What is the famous unique sport in Finland, involving a married couple?

What is: the Wife-carrying Championship

500

Name three other types of revenue besides the main property, sales, and personal income taxes

What is: 

  • Excise taxes (on tobacco, gasoline, liquor, etc.)

  • Severance tax (based on state’s mineral wealth

  • Motor vehicle license fees

  • State lotteries

500

Local Control

What is: keeping control over school funding on a stata/local level rather than national.

500

Who was listed in the very inner ring on the "Typical State School System" diagram?

Who is: principals, teachers, parents, and students.

500

Finland offers this for free at every level

What is: education

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