Chapter 12 Education and School

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educators who emphasize that the purpose of education is to prepare pupils for life

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Progressives

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educators who emphasize that the purpose of education is to teach the basics

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Traditionalists

Question 2

a test that measures aptitude to do academic work

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Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)

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theme schools that serve students within public school systems

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Magnet Schools

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public schools that are funded and run by private corporations or individuals; accountable to government but relatively free

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Charter Schools

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a method by which the public schools subsidize the cost of private school education

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Voucher

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high schools that partner with community colleges to provide career preparation for non-college bound students

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Tech-Prep Schools

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a policy that allows students to choose from among a large number of public schools, sometimes even those outside the district

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Open Enrollment

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schooling in a competitive atmosphere in which the goal is to get the highest grade in a class

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Performance Goal Structure

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schooling in a less competitive setting in which individual effort and improvement are rewarded

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Task Mastery Structure

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an organizational technique that permits schools to create homogeneous groupings of students within a heterogeneous student population in order to facilitate instruction

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