Teaching - Ch. 9 Quiz Questions

State governments typically do NOT

hire school personnel.

In the last fifty years or so, state funding for schools

increased dramatically.

A school superintendent

is the most powerful education officer in the district.

How much of the cost of public education does the federal government pay for?

less than 10 percent

Local school board members tend to be

white, male, middle or upper class.

According to 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

with a functionary style.

Individual states retain responsibility for education due to the

Tenth Amendment

The bond method of financing

creates a government loan for infrastructure needs.

School boards are often criticized for

dealing with too limited a range of issues.

The number of school districts in the nation has been

decreasing.

State constitutions guarantee the right to an "adequate education" with all the following phrases except:

equal test scores across the state

An "adequate education"

focuses on educational outcomes.

Local communities raise most of their educational revenues through

property tax.

What are the biggest sources of state funding for schools?

sales and personal income taxes

A frequently used method for financing large, one-time educational expenditures is called a

school bond