Education, Federal And State Law Flashcards
LEA
Local Education Agency – the local school district/board with 5 to 7 appointed or elected officials who set policies to be carried out by an appointed/hired superintendent
Site – based Management
Individual management where principals share decision-making power with teachers, parents and community
State Legislator
Create, operate, manage, and maintain school systems. State policy makers for education
Per Pupil Expenditure
Average total amount that is spent per pupil each year
Funding Sources
State – 46.6%
Local – 44.4%
Federal – 9%
Brown vs. Board of Education
1954 – demolished segregated schools
Amendments
1st- freedom of speech, religion, and press
10th- implies state control of education
14th- equal educational opportunity and due process
New Jersey vs. TLO
1985 – students can be searched if there’s reasonable cause and advance
Tinker Standard
1969 – wearing arm bands as an expression of belief is allowed
Fraser Standard
Lewd/vulgar speech can be curbed in school to set boundaries for what is socially acceptable
Hazelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeir
1988 – censorship is okay for legitimate issues of education
Wallace vs. Jaffree
1985 – if purpose of the moment of silence is to promote prayer, it may not be enacted
Lemon vs. Kurtzman
1971- government mustn’t have any effect in advancing or inhibiting religion
FERPA
1974 – family education rights and privacy act – who may see what records and under what conditions
Child Benefit Theory
Services that are required to benefit students, not the school or a religion. Services include: transportation, textbooks, testing, diagnostic, therapeutic, and remedial
DARE
Drug Abuse Resistance Education – builds positive relationships with police and students. Had little impact on drug use statistics
Homeless Assistant Act
1987 – homeless students have a right to free education
Substantiative Due Process
Concerns with whether schools deprived students of basic rights: liberty, property, privacy
Procedural Due Process
Concerns with whether procedures used in disciplinary cases are fair
Key Milestones in Education
G.I. Bill, NDEA, Amendments 1, 10, 14, Affirmative Action, Section 504, PL 94–142, EAHCA, IDEA, RTI
NEA Code of Ethics
- Commitment to students; human, interactive, moral. 2. Behavior with regard to the profession and colleagues
InTASK
10 standards
Learner and learning – 1.Lerner development 2.Learning differences 3.Learning environments.
Content knowledge –
4. Content knowledge 5. Application of content
Instructional practice –
6. Assessment 7. Planning for instruction 8. Instructional strategies
Professional responsibilities –
9.Professional learning and ethical practice 10. Leadership and collaboration
Dispositions
Tendencies for individuals to act in a particular manner under particular circumstances, based on their beliefs. Teacher dispositions– enthusiasm for teaching, continuous learning, believe all children can learn
Types of Laws
Enabling law, administrative law, case law
Teacher Responsibility Terms
Teachers are responsible for student safety
Negligence, liability, educational malpractice
Questions to ask yourself and planning a lesson
Why is this a good unit to teach? How is this important to my students? How does it connect with what I’ve done before and what I’m planning to do afterwards? What do I know about my students that will help me develop the unit and the lesson in it? Why are we doing what I have planned today? Why is this a worthwhile activity and how does it fit into a larger goal?
Explicit Curriculum
CRITICAL TERM
Official academic program provided to the teachers
Taught Curriculum
CRITICAL TERM
Material delivered by the teacher to the students
Learned Curriculum
CRITICAL TERM
What students take away from the taught curriculum
Implicit Curriculum
CRITICAL TERM
Hidden/unintentional curriculum – the unstated outcomes of education that students experience and learn by attending school
Null Curriculum
CRITICAL TERM
All things not taught in school which implies that the subjects are not valued
Academic Content Standards
CRITICAL TERM
Formal, public statements of what students should know and be able to do throughout PK-12
Curriculum Guide
CRITICAL TERM
A document prepared by state/local districts that provide detailed information to help plan instruction
Scope and Sequence
CRITICAL TERM
Charts that lay out the various topics within a subject that will be included, as well as what level of that topic students will study at each grade level in a particular subject.
Teacher-proof Curriculum
CRITICAL TERM
Highly prescriptive curriculum or instructional materials that can be implemented without independent thinking or decision-making on part of the teacher
Curriculum Potential
CRITICAL TERM Using text books and other instructional materials by interpreting their potential to meet the needs of a specific class of students
Social Justice
Project-based Learning
Magnet Schools
CRITICAL TERMS
Refer to corresponding note card
Value-added System
Teacher evaluation measured by academic progress of students. Connects the teacher and the student’s test scores
