Chapter 7 : Financing and Governing American Schools

School boards are often criticized for

Being in the backseat when it comes to educational change and reform

Who is most likely considered part of the hidden school government ?

Parents

The _____ is collected through payroll deductions, money deducted even before one receives salary.

Personal income tax

The chief state school officer is responsible for

Planning school activities

What was the significance of the Serrano vs. Priest (1971) ruling of the California Supreme Court ?

It struck down the state's financial system as unconstitutional

The state with perhaps the purest example of adequate education approach is ____.

Maryland

When the teachers and principals have to remedy antiquated buildings, they give higher priority to ____.

Repairing lights and air conditioners

Activists who took funds from wealthy districts and redistributed the monies to the poorer districts were called _____

Robin Hood reformers

In funding schools, urban areas struggle the most, suffering not only from lower property values but also from the need to use those limited resources to find more police officers, hospitals, subways, and other services that their suburban counterparts. This phenomenon is known as ______

Municipal overburden

A call for accountability in financing of schools means that ___.

The public wants to see academic progress for their tax dollars

The Abbott cases in New Jersey contributed to a new line of litigation focusing on ______.

Educational outcome

The influence if the business community in America's schools can best be characterized as _____

Extensive

States have used different programs to try to equalize funding. In the ____ program, the state provides funds to ensure that each student receives a minimal level of educational services

Foundation

The marketing technique that involves selling things in unconventional and unexpected places is known as ____

Guerrilla marketing

Commercialism promotes

Self-gratification

Which of these court cases led to the advent of the Robin Hood reformers ?

Serrano vs. Priest

Which if the following is most likely to conduct educational research and development?

State department of education

Which of the following was an outcome of the San Antonio vs. Rodriguez (1973) ruling of the Supreme Court?

The court stated that preserving local control was a legitimate reason to use the property tax system

From the following, identify the accurate statement about school superintendents.

They are the most powerful education officer in the school district

Which of theses statements best describes the attitude of Americans towards inequities in school funding ?

They believe an individual's circumstances are merely obstacles to be overcome

Which of the following is true of adequate educational guarantees, the educational clauses present in the constitution of different states ?

They guarantee that every student receives an efficient, sound or thorough education

Most school board members view themselves as ____

Trustee representatives

School boards determine education policy, and majority of their members tend to be ____.

White.

The federal funds directed at specific categories and targeted educational needs of schools are known as _____

Categorical grants

According to the Donald McCarty and Charles Ramsey, authors of The School Managers: Power and Conflict in American Public Education, a school board in a community dominated by a few powerful figures will seek out a superintendent who ____

Has a functionary style

The money raised for schools, colonial towns and districts assessed an _____ tax

Property