17. Home schooling is an alternative to education that exists in contemporary society, however, it does has its fair share of critics.
a. True b. False
18. Criticism against the use of vouchers is virtually non-existent.
a. True b. False
19. The chief executive officer of a local school district is the superintendent.
a. True b. False
20. Governors try to be neutral (or silent) on educational and schooling issues and policies for fear of losing support.
a. True b. False
21. The chief state school officer communicates information from the state board of education to the local school districts.
a. True b. False
22. A superintendent
a. Is expected to play an active, and highly visible role in the community.
b. Is expected to get along with the members of a community as well as the members on a local school board, and, Is expected to play an active, and highly visible role in the community, only.
c. Is expected to get along with the members of a community as well as the members on a local school board.
d. All of these.
e. Can expect a minimum of ten years employment in one school district.
23. A judicial response to inequities found in school funding would be all of the following except
a. The Supreme Court in California in 1971 instructed the state legislature to revise their current school funding system.
b. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 ruled that funding issues should be heard by state legislature or state courts.
c. State courts consistently refuse to hear school funding cases.
d. All the statements are false.
e. All the statements are true.
24. Which pair is incompatible regarding attempts to correct for inequities among schools?
a. All the above are attempts to correct for equities
b. None of these.
c. States' response/ equalization grants