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In the United States today, the average age for beginning a family is

When children do not live with both parents, educators should

All of the following are true of children who live in shelters or on the street EXCEPT:

Even though the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act eliminated residency requirements for students, homeless children are faced with all of the following problems EXCEPT:

About half of kindergarten through fifth grade students have their after school supervision provided by

More and more students are joining gangs. This is so because both males and females feel that they can find all of the following, EXCEPT:

Today's young people face all of the following challenges EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements refers to the majority of U.S. teenagers today?

Adults look on teenagers in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Abused children and youths may exhibit all of the following EXCEPT:

Harassment escalates to physical assault for the following percentage of LGBT students in schools:

All of the following actions are typical responses on the part of those experiencing harassment by peers or teachers at school, EXCEPT:

The Sexual Harassment Taskforce of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) recommends that teachers assist students who are potential victims of bullying and harassment by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

The members of the Valleydale High School physical and health education staff are planning the curriculum for the Human Sexuality class. They have examined the literature and found that today's youth have all of the following beliefs about sexuality EXCEPT:

Current statistics show that the number of teenage mothers who graduate from high school or obtain their GED is about

The Vallydale High School physical and health education staff have found that research says that school sex and health education clinics are helpful. They also have found that such clinics are

Lisa Siimes is a high school counselor who feels that it is essential that she remain aware of the statistics regarding the use of addictive substances among high school seniors. When a teacher tells her that Brandon has been coming to class in what seems to be an impaired state, she is aware that statistics indicate that he has most likely been using

A 2008 poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward Public Schools ranked all of the following problems ahead of drug use EXCEPT:

Which of the following ethnic groups is most likely to use illegal drugs?

What is the approximate percentage of sixteen and seventeen-year-old high school students who work during the school year?

Carlos Orentes is a music teacher at Rolling Meadows High School, which is located in a middle- to high-income suburb. He is trying to organize a concert by the local symphony orchestra at the school on a weekday evening so that all of his seventeen-year old students can attend. He is having a great deal of difficulty scheduling the event because

Children in low-income families suffer disproportionately from limited access to all of the following EXCEPT:

As students develop a sense of ʺself,ʺ they also develop a sense of ʺothers.ʺ The construction of ʺothersʺ involves all of the following EXCEPT:

The process through which prejudice and discriminatory attitudes are passed from parents to their children is

Prejudice against other ethnic groups is transformed into discrimination when individuals

Some children develop preconceived negative attitudes against members of groups who are different from them in some way. These patterns, which they may learn from their families, cause them to practice

Hiring practices which look at each applicant based upon skills and qualifications rather than judging applicants by their sex, skin color, or able-bodiedness are designed to prevent

Roger Whittington was raised in an affluent, white, Protestant family and attended a private college preparatory school in the northeast. Roger is likely to have more difficulty than most Americans in acknowledging the existence of

What is the conscious or unconscious belief that men are superior to women?

As Bill Pearson, the Personnel Manager of Elite Office Services opens the door to the next applicant for a job, he is momentarily taken aback when he sees Rianne in her wheelchair. Bill struggles with the preconceived notion that she is not up to the job even though he has not yet asked her a single question. The preconceived notions that he has are most likely due to

Tayshan is deaf. Although he has been given the chance to undergo surgery to provide a measure of hearing, he prefers not to undergo the operation. Activists for the hearing impaired would encourage Tayshan to consider his condition

Students who drop out of high school today generally do so for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT:

Talented students, who take off a year from high school to spend time traveling with their family, and then obtain their GED later than the peers with whom they started high school

The ethnic group with the highest graduation rate in the United States consists of

Pierre Lappan is a counsellor at Pinewoods High School whose specific focus is to work with students who are most likely to drop out of school. Statistics show that the majority of students that Pierre will be working with are currently enrolled in which grade?

Lindsay Sutherland is a history teacher at Green River High School. She has noticed that many of her students rely heavily on Wikipedia articles for documentation in papers they write. Because of the design and nature of Wikipedia, Lindsay recognizes that she needs to take time to work with her students to

Resilient students exhibit all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

If teachers encourage students to develop and use blogs or social networking programs, they should also be very careful to make certain that students understand that their postings

The major advantages of teachers using computer technology to plan lessons includes providing them with all of the following EXCEPT:

Selena Tarquin is the principal of an inner-city elementary school located in an impoverished neighbourhood. She has several openings for teachers and optimistically looks at the small pile of resumes received today. Compared to schools in better neighborhoods, Selena is most likely to find that the most of the applications she has received come from all of the following, EXCEPT:

The governmental unit empowered by state law to administer the school system of a local community is called the

The legal authority for operating local school systems is given to local boards of education through

Legally, the primary responsibility for education belongs to

In most states, superintendents of local school districts are

A person who is supervised by another person has a type of organizational relationship known as

Which of the following serves as a liaison between the state department of education and local school districts?

All of the following are roles performed by an intermediate unit of school organization, EXCEPT:

In most states, the school superintendent

One of the shortcomings of the open-space design of school architecture is that

Critics of the self-contained egg-crate concept of traditional school architecture contend that

The Millhaven School District has hired a management consultant to study its organizational structure and recommend improvements to provide the most effective supervisory structure at Central High School, which has an enrollment of 2,000 students. Which of the following suggestions would be most beneficial in bringing the school more in line with accepted practices in other effective organizations?

In law, the final authority at the school site is the

Nino Pizzuti is a new teacher in the science department at 35th Street High School. John Brown, one of the veteran teachers in the same department, is frequently late and unprepared for his classes. He has been in the habit of removing teaching resources from the cart Nino uses to assemble the materials required for next day's classes. Even though Nino has discussed the issue several times with John, the problem continues. Nino considers who he should speak to in seeking help to resolve the situation. Normal protocol suggests that the next person he should talk to is

Recently the role of the principal has been expanded to include

Allowing individual schools within a school district to be involved in decision-making on issues such as budgeting, personnel selection, and curriculum design is called

Juan Hernandez is the principal of Rio Hondo High School. He is conducting a series of in-service sessions to acquaint his staff with the district's new empowerment policy. He has divided the teachers into groups to discuss the significance of various advantages to the system. His list of advantages should include all of the following EXCEPT:

One major practical advantages for a school district that organizes one or more of its schools on a year-round schedule is to

What type of power do state boards of education have?

The State Department of Education activity that involves making sure school buses are safe is due to its

The legality of any interpretation of state law that governs education is determined by the

The Education Committee of the National Widget Workers Union has decided that it would like to try and influence the state curriculum because it believes students are not receiving appropriate education in the benefits of trade unions. Due to the legal structure of the educational system, the committee would have the best chance of success if it were to focus its efforts on

What has historically been the primary source of local revenue for schools?

What is the main advantage of using property tax for school funding?

A major limitation of property tax is

The Red River School District is in a rural part of your state. There are few jobs available in the district because the only major employer has closed its antiquated plant in order to move to an area where wages are lower and materials cheaper. You are part of a local group that is concerned that the amount of money available for education in the district is the lowest in the state. You are aware that the courts in many states have ordered a reorganization of school funding to respond to similar situations. In arguing for a different funding system, your group will be able to use all of the following arguments to support your position EXCEPT:

The Central City School District has a large enrollment of students but has little potential for greater funding because of the low socioeconomic status of the community. The suburban Rolling Hills School District is in a much more affluent area. There are many large homes and prosperous businesses in the community. A convenience store chain has come forward with a proposal to form a business partnership with one of the school districts. The company will install vending machines for fruit drinks and healthy snack foods and will provide a percentage of the profits to the district to help fund the schools. When you consider the potential benefits to the students, all of the following statements are true about this situation EXCEPT:

Providing equitable educational opportunities for all students within a state is one of the challenges of education today. You are reading some of the ʺLetters to the Editorʺ in a major newspaper that people have written in response to an article on educational funding. Which of the following statements corresponds to the opinions that have been expressed by court decisions on funding in most states?

What is a foundation level?

What does the foundation concept imply?

State foundation programs are designed to provide more equitable funding to all districts within a state. Even though such a system is in place, some districts might still ʺbe more equal than others.ʺ This situation is most likely to occur when the state

The most effective tool the U.S. Department of Education has for influencing education is through

The federal government operates school systems directly for all of the following students EXCEPT:

The Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was first passed by Congress during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The bill has been reauthorized every three or four years since. Each time it has been passed, the scope of the bill has

No Child Left Behind requires all schools to produce students who are ʺproficientʺ in their performance on standardized achievement tests by the 2013-2014 school year. The schools must disaggregate the scores of students in all of the following subgroups EXCEPT:

No Child Left Behind identifies schools in need of improvement through

Schools labeled as low performing or failing schools for five consecutive years under No Child Left Behind, must

In response to No Child Left Behind, Ling Chang, the principal of Thistledale Middle School, knows he must collect data to be distributed on request to parents about the members of his teaching staff. He will satisfy the requirements by having a database prepared that contains all of the following information EXCEPT:

People who wish to be politically successful in an educational setting have the best chance of success if they

Grayson Donald is a young teacher interested in becoming an administrator. He will most likely increase his chances of promotion if he engages in all of the following activities, EXCEPT:

The pressure for teacher accountability comes from all of the following EXCEPT:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people is part of the

The Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Freedom of speech, religion, and press and the right to petition is ensured by the

The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law is part of the

In what way does the Fourteenth Amendment apply to education?

All of the following are questions from the Lemon Test, EXCEPT:

The provision of benefits to children in parochial schools without benefit to the school or to a religious establishment is known as

A few students from a local mosque attend the public high school in Walnut Grove. They ask David McIntyre, principal of Walnut Grove High, to allow them to use a classroom on Friday during lunch period so they can pray together according to Muslim law. They point out that a Bible Club, organized and led by students, meets once a week at the school. Mr. McIntyre fears that granting the request could create tension in a school with a population of students from different faiths, but he is aware of judicial decisions made in similar cases. Legally, what action should Mr. McIntyre take?

Jody Fischer, an English teacher at Crestwood Middle School has given her students an assignment that involves reading and comparing the language in Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 as it appears in the King James Version and The Good News for Modern Man translations of the Bible. A number of parents have complained to the principal about "the blatant introduction of religion" into a public school program. They demand that the principal order Jody to withdraw the assignment. Which of the following statements reflects the judicial decisions that have been made regarding the use of the Bible in public schools?

Segregation that does not result from laws or school policy is called

The court decision that struck down the separate but equal doctrine of 1896 was:

Metropolis is a large city surrounded by a number of suburbs. During the 1960s the school districts in the area were under court order to provide a racially balanced population in the schools. The plan was successful and the districts were released from the court order. Recently, a large number of families from a politically unstable area have moved into several adjacent neighborhoods. As a result, some schools have become segregated once again. What would past Supreme Court decisions suggest should be done in this case?

The Civil Rights Act states that no person may be excluded from participation due to

When a majority or an individual of a majority has not been accorded certain rights because of preferential treatment provided to a minority, that act is called

Title IX states that no person may be excluded from participation in school activities on the basis of

Title IX programs are intended to

The Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) assists children with disabilities by

AIDS is considered a disability under the umbrella of

Most court cases related to teachers evolve from either liberty interests or

The primary purpose of teacher certification is:

The authority to employ teachers typically lies with the

You are about to sign your first teacher contract with a public school district. All of the following items should be covered in the contract, EXCEPT:

On the last day of school prior to the Winter Break, Shu-Shen, a first-year teacher, received a letter in her mailbox that informed her she was being dismissed from her position because she had been a participant in a weekend civil rights forum. Which of the following statements is true about a non-tenured teacher such as Shu-Shen?

All of the following provides teachers with the right to have a voice in employee/employer relations, EXCEPT:

A high school history teacher and a college professor jointly sponsor a student forum at which they provide proof that some races are genetically inferior to others. Both are fired by their respective institutions. Both file lawsuits to demand their reinstatement. Which of the following court judgments is most likely based on the legal system?

What is the legal status of academic freedom for teachers?

Mr. Micelli, a teacher at Southdale High School, is upset with a Board of Education decision that requires all teachers to sign a petition disagreeing with the city's plans for the public park across the street from the school. Mr. Micelli writes a letter to the local newspaper in which he states that the school board has no right to make such a demand. He knows that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that teachers can legally and publicly criticize policies of the Board of Education for their school district

All of the following are requirements of FERPA, EXCEPT:

An act or omission of an act that violates the private rights of an individual is called a:

One of the voice mail messages for homeroom teacher Juanita Garcia was a request from a prestigious local boutique. The owner was considering hiring 18 year-old Anastasia, who was in Juanita's class, and wanted to confirm whether Anastasia had really won all of the awards she listed in her resume while attending the school. How should Juanita respond to the request?

The current status of cases concerning educational malpractice indicates that it

Marianna Stankovic looked around her 4th grade classroom to see that everything was in order for the Halloween party. She carefully lit several candles that sat on a table near her desk. When the bell rang, her excited students rushed into the room and before Marianna could tell them to slow down, Marko bumped into the table and ignited his costume. He was badly burned and his parents filed a lawsuit claiming negligence on the part of the teacher. In such a case, the court would likely

Maria is a student at Orange Grove Middle School. She is from a single -parent family and her mother suddenly lost her job when the company she worked for went bankrupt. As a result, Maria and her mother were no longer able to pay the rent and were forced to live in an old car that Maria's father had left when he passed away. When the school counselor discovered that Maria was homeless, he informed her that she would have to withdraw from Orange Grove. Which of the following statements reflects the situation as outlined in federal legislation?

What is in loco parentis?

Due process means

Karl is running for president of the student body at Pineridge High School. One of his opponents is a very popular student named Deshawn. Karl's election assembly speech was filled with derogatory and obscene language directed at his rival. He concluded his speech by unfurling a banner that said, Don't vote for Deshawn. He's Gay! When the principal suspended Karl, his father threatened a lawsuit alleging that his son was being denied freedom of expression. Which of the following reflects the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court on this issue?

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on and resolved the issue of corporal punishment. It established that corporal punishment may be authorized by the

In the Hollywood film, Music of the Heart, a pregnant student is told by the school counselor that she cannot be part of the school choir and must withdraw from the school. Instead she is required to enroll in a program for mothers-to-be at an alternative school. Which of the following reflects the legality of the issue?

What is the main function of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act?

The courts have used the doctrine of in loco parentis to uphold the right of school personnel to

The two standards applied to the search of a student's person are reasonable suspicion and