Foundations Of Elementary Education Pt3

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Equity

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does each school across the state have the same amount of funding?

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Adequacy

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is there enough funding so that students can achieve?

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Primary Sources of Funding

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1. property taxes 2. sales or use taxes 3. income taxes

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State Funding Sources

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1.state and gross tax receipts 2.income taxes 3.licences

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Equal Protection Clause

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14th amendment clause stating no person can be denied equal protection of the law

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Due Process Clause

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14th amendment clause stating that each citizen must have due process of the law

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Establishment Clause

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1st amendment clause stating that the Congress cannot make law that establish religion

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Free Exercise Clause

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1st amendment clause stating Congress cannot make laws that prohibit the free excercise of religion

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Freedom of Expression Clause

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1st amendment clause stating Congress cannot make laws that abridge freedom of speech

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Child Benefit Theory

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addresses use of public funds for secular services ie. transportation, textbooks, and testing. Services must benefit student not school or religion

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Enabling Laws

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laws that come from the Constitution that make it possible for educators to do certain things.

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Administrative laws

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rules and regulations created by executive branch; impacts educators through Dept. of Edu.

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Case law

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emerge from federal and state court cases

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Liability

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responsibility for the failure to use reasonable care when such failures result in injury to another

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accountability

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the assignment of responsiblity for conducting activities in a certain way or producing specific results

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Education Accountability System

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1. School is held responsible for the performance of its students 2. teachers and administrators held responsible for the performance of the students

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value added system

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teacher-evaluation is often measured bu academic progress students make

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Explicit Curriculum

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formal, official, public academic prog. of study that defines what students are expected to know as a result of being in school

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Academic Content Standards

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formal, public statements of what students should know and be able to do in each of the content areas at various points in their pk-12 edu.

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Curriculum Grade

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a doc. prepared at the state or local district level that provides detailed info. to help teachers plan instruction

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Taught Curriculum

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curriculum that is delivered by teachers once they make decisions about how to teach the explicit curriculum

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Learned Curriculum

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what students actually learn in relationship to the goals of the explicit curriculum

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Null Curriculum

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everything that is not included in the explicit curriculum, and thus, not expected to be learned during a students education

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Assessments

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the act of sitting next to oneself and critiquing what has been learned and what is observed

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Assessments: Connection to standards

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what students should know, be able to do, and used to evaluate teachers and prinicpals

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Assessment: Purpose

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help students learn

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Types of Assessments measured

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Diagnostic; Norm referenced; criterion- referenced; capstone/summative

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School Reform

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comprehensive programs to bring about school wide changes in curriculum and instruction. Intent is to increase learning outcomes for all students

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Professional Learning Communities

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teams of teachers who work together to improve student learning.

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School Improvement Process

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approach for gradual improvement of school criteria. Identify specific targets that everyone will work on in the next year

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Success for All

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Developed around the core assumption that every child can read. Structured approach to the curriculum

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School Development Program

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research based edu reform prog. grounded in the principles of child, adolescent and adult level.

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Essential Schools

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need to master a common core of info and skills. Promotes a vision of schooling where students engage in in depth and rigorous learning

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Essential Schools; Principles

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using the mind with focus on ess. learning goals. personalized teaching and learning

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Common Core: Intent

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develop standards that focus on what is most essential. Make standards that are learning centered