EDF 1005 Chapters 7 and 8

Molly is a recent college graduate, who is giving an interview for a job at the same elementary school where she was a student. Which of the following questions would be appropriate for the principal to ask Molly during the course of the job interview?

"What made you decided to major in early childhood in college"

Which of the following is an accurate statement with reference to the term in loco parentis?

A school official can search a student's locker if there is reasonable suspicion that it contains something illegal and dangerous.

Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972):

Is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on bais or sex

The Supreme Court Case Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools was important because it:

It extended the reach of Title IX so that students could sue schools for monetary damage if they were sexually harassed

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 fund more police officers, hospitals, subways, and other services than their suburban counterparts. This phenomenon is known as _____.

Municipal Overburden

Which of the following examples of student expression would be protected under the First Amendment?

Non-Verbal (dress, hair) symbolic (performance)

When a teacher's private life is called into question by the courts, a governing principle that determines whether or not the teacher may be dismissed is often based on whether:

There is substantial disruption of educational process

A child who is expelled for bringing a penknife to school is probably feeling the consequence of:

Zero - Tolerance policy

Courts have ruled that a teacher's right to academic freedom:

is not absolute as students should learn only appropriate subject matter.

School boards are often criticized for

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

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

Educational Outcome

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 who _____.

Has a functionary style

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

Personal Income Tax

A teacher's right to freedom of speech as a citizen, regarding matters of public concern is protected due to the holding in the

Pickering v. Board of education

To raise money for schools, colonial towns and districts assessed a(n) _____ tax.

Property Tax

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

Repairing lights & air conditioners

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

Robin Hood Reformers

A new principal is concerned with the increasing incidents of cheating and plagiarism occurring in her school. She wants to take effective measures to reduce such incidences. Which of the following actions might be the most effective?

Teacher will review research & writing skills at the beginning of each term in every class where a paper, presentation, or project will be assigned

Commercialism promotes _____.

self-gratification

School boards determine educational policy, and majority of their members tend to be _____.

white