Visionary Leadership: Education and the Common Good

Question 1

The Child Benefit Theory:

Answer 1

is a principle that allows the government to provide funding to private schools, including religious schools, so long as the funding only goes to the benefit of the child and not the school or religion

Question 2

Supreme Court Cases Citing the Child Benefit Theory: (3)

Answer 2

1. Cochrane v. Louisiana Board of Education (1930)- LA
2. Everson v. Board of Education (1947)- NJ
3. Board of Education of Central School District v. Allen (1967)- NY

Question 3

Cochrane v. Louisiana Board of Education (1930)- LA

Answer 3

provides textbooks to all students in the state in all secular subjects and it was ruled that it was not a violation of church and state

Question 4

Everson v. Board of Education (1947)- NJ

Answer 4

would reimburse parents for transportation and it was ruled that it was not a violation of church and state because benefited the child

Question 5

Board of Education of Central School District v. Allen (1967)- NY

Answer 5

would buy textbooks and lend them to all students (private and home schooled too) and it was ruled that the state could continue this

Question 6

Insufficient ________ and poor ________ are correlated with incarcerated populations.

Answer 6

education, literacy skills

Question 7

According to Literacy Behind Bars: Results From the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Prison Survey, a study released by the National Center for Education Statistics,

Answer 7

male and female inmates had lower average literacy than adults of same gender living in households, and a higher percentage of prison inmates had been diagnosed with a learning disability.