Schools & Staff
When a teacher specializes in teaching one subject.
Departmentalization
When like students are grouped together.
Homogeneous Grouping
The person that leads the entire school district.
Superintendent
Three kinds of taxes that contribute to paying for public education.
Income tax, property tax, and sales tax
This statistic is used to compare how much different districts and states spend for each student.
Per Pupil Expenditure
When teachers follow their students to the next grade.
Looping
The same students stay together over an extended period of time.
Fixed Grouping
Whose responsibility is it to hire the school district's superintendent?
The school board
Some schools charge lab fees, tech fees, and textbook fees. These are known as ______ fees.
Student
School districts and states are required to do this each year.
Balance their budget
When two or more teachers work together to plan and teach a group of students.
Team Teaching
Each member of the group has an assigned role.
Cooperative Grouping
Who establishes the vision for a state's education system?
State Governor
What is the newest and rapidly increasing source of tax dollars for schools.
Legal Marijuana sales
This is an absolute last resort in balancing the budget.
Reduction in Force
Department chairs, or team leaders, communicate information to their fellow teachers after meeting with the ______________.
Principal or Assistant Principal
Two students working together.
Dyads/Pairs/Partners
Who passed the first Elementary and Secondary Education Act?
President Lyndon B. Johnson
A major organizer of fundraisers for schools.
Parent Teacher Organization/Association
In extreme budget cut situations, states, school districts, and municipalities required employees to take one or two days off per month without pay. This is called _________.
Unpaid Furlough Days
Who assumes authority of the school when the principal is out of the building?
Assistant Principal
Students routinely change group membership.
Flexible Grouping
Who instituted Race To the Top, which provided multimillion dollar grants to selected states to bring about education reform?
Barack Obama
This source of school funding began in the 1960s and now 44 states use this source of funding for schools.
Lotteries
At least 90% of a school district budget is directly related to __________.
Teaching/Instruction