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| ________ encourages school choice, charter schools, and for-profit education. |
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| School board members are usually drawn from ________ and _______ groups in the community. |
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| True or False: School boards often reflect the social composition of their respective communities. |
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| True or False: A majority of school board members have professional backgrounds in education. |
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| Overall, U.S. school board members are mostly ____, _____, ______, _____, and have ______. |
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| white / male / financially stable / professionals / college degrees |
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| _______ gives parents the power to "vote with their feet." |
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| School choice advocates often include the use of _____. |
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| Where do parents get vouchers from, and are the schools reimbursed for the vouchers? |
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| Under _______ plans, parents of students are free to choose any public school in their district or in the state. |
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Which of the following is NOT a public school choice plan?
A. Alternative schools within a school district
B. Public charter schools
C. Open enrollment among schools in a district or among districts
D. Magnet schools designed to attract students and integrate schools
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| Where else can parents receive a voucher from? |
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| _______ says that parents of students in schools not making AYP can choose another school for their children. |
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| For Low-Income Private School Vouchers, _________ are used to pay for all or part of the cost for students from low-income families to attend private/religious schools. |
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| _______ are another method for distributing tax dollars to schools. |
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| Advocates of school choice argue that being able to choose keeps schools _____. |
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| True or False: orange soda good |
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| True or False: The Supreme Court ruled that government vouchers for religious schools violate the Establishment Clause and are therefore unconstitutional. |
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| No Child Left Behind requires local school districts to implement a public school choice plan for parents with children in ____ and/or ____ schools. |
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| Students may transfer if their current school is considered to be "_______" or if they are a victim of a _______ at their current school. |
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| persistently dangerous / violent crime |
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| A ________ is defined as one that does not make AYP. |
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| Failing schools may receive supplemental educational services, and these services sometimes come from _________. |
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| What if no schools are available for choice? Parents must be offered ______, and/or the school system must make a cooperative agreement with another school district to receive choice students. |
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| supplemental services such as tutoring |
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| Charter schools are a way to bypass _________. |
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| educational bureaucracies |
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| Both republicans and democrats have advocated for _________. |
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| The word "charter" roughly translates to _______. |
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| Charter schools first came about in the early _______. |
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| True or False: It is easy to gauge the effectiveness charter schools have had as a whole. |
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| True or False: No Child Left Behind states charter schools are public schools. |
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| A charter school's _____ creates a specific set of educational objectives, and is agreed to by the ________. |
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| developer / authorized public chartering agency |
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Which laws are charter schools exempt from complying with?
A. Age Discrimination Act
B. Civil Rights Act
C. Rehabilitation Act
D. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
E. They have to follow all of these laws |
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| True or False: Charter school students do not have to take state-required standardized tests. |
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| In return for having more autonomy, charter schools are held to strict _______. |
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| accountability for their academic and financial performance |
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| __________ claim to expand the notion of school choice to include competition. |
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| For-profit education companies |
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| True or False: In many states, for-profit companies can apply for state charter school status. |
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| No Child Left Behind allows school districts to use ______ to hire for-profit companies to provide school services. |
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| _________ has provided a useful guide to for-profit companies in education. |
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Which is not a major for-profit education company, according to Clive Belfield?
A. Kaplan
B. Princeton Review
C. Edison Schools
D. South Park Elementary |
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Which for-profit company actually operates for-profit schools?
A. Hilcorp Schools
B. Autodesk Schools
C. Edison Schools
D. Cadence Schools |
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| For-profit schools have been criticized for having a lack of _____ and being "_____________." |
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| diversity / cookie-cutter |
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| Which for-profit company saw half the teachers of one of its schools leave because they felt demeaned? |
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| Generally speaking, for-profit schools ____. |
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| For-profit corporate involvement in education is now _______. |
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| The for-profit company _____ offers full-time online public schooling. |
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Which is NOT a for-profit education company that is global?
A. K12
B. SMARTHINKING
C. DUMBTHINKING |
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| What is the largest global investor in education? |
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| True or False: The World Bank supports for-profit education. |
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| An example of World Bank's investment in for-profit education is the _______. |
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| SABIS International School in Lebanon |
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| The Education Industry Association is a lobbying group that indicates the growing importance of _______. |
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| True or False: In some states, homeschooling parents are not required to contact government authorities. |
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| What is the most common reason why parents home-school their children? |
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Which is not listed as a common reason for parents to home-school their children?
A. Positive social environment
B. Specific needs of the child
C. Curriculum choice / flexibility
D. Avoid violent/failing schools
E. Live too far from school |
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| Homeschooling advocates reject the belief that children should obtain a common _____ and _____ through public schools. |
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| Homeschooling has caused controversy in the past due to homeschooling parents not having ____________. |
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