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