Education

Question 1

School Districts

Answer 1

Local administrative jurisdictions that hire staff and report to school boards on the management of area public schools

Question 2

Site-based management

Answer 2

A movement to increase freedom for building administrators such as school principals to determine how district funds are spent at individual school

Question 3

Standards movement

Answer 3

An effort to create benchmarks of adequate learning in each subject for each grade level so that students and teachers can be evaluated on the mastery of this predetermined material

Question 4

Universal Pre-K

Answer 4

Pre-k programs that fund pre-k education for all four year olds in the state. Families and children do not have to qualify in any way to participate in the program

Question 5

Targeted Pre-K

Answer 5

Four year olds must qualify in some way to participate in the program, such as income level, disability status, etc.