Education Policy- 2301 PRELIM 2

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What are the 5 ideologies of public education? (ITPDC)

1. Integration

2. Tolerance

3. Public Spirit

4. Democratic Values

5. Commitment to Public Good

What percentage of students attend public, charter, and private schools?

Public: 70%

Charter: 5.6%

Private: 25%

What’s our graduation rate?

86%

How is our $878 billion on public school spending split up? What does each level spend on?

LOCAL (45%): Property taxes=school funding

STATE (47%): Low income districts, ELL, special needs

FEDERAL (7.8%): Constant across income districts

What are the 3 things that make US public school system unique?

1. Decentralization of decision making

2. Significant variation in quality/performance between districts

3. High non-instructional spending

Why has our spending quadrupled since the 60s with no increase in performance?

Increase in administrative staff

How do we perform compared to other countries?

We SUCK at math and science!

3 types of inequality between urban and suburban schools

1. Academics

2. Facilities

3. Crime

5 factors in the “plight” of Inner-city schools?

1. High costs of maintaining schools

2. Few choices

3. Unemployment/poverty of parents

4. Student retention (dropouts)

5. Failing in their educational mission.

What is school choice?

Giving parents vouchers to pay for tuition of the school of their choice, creating competition that will improve schools.

What are the 3 pillars of NCLB?

1. School Choice

2. School Accountability (HIGH STAKES TESTING, 2014 deadline, sanctions like cutting funding/takeover/holding students back)

3. ELL immersion program

Charter school performance vs normal?

Urban charter schools better than online.

Black/hispanic students perform better in charter schools, while white students perform worse.

Especially successful with narrowing math achievement gaps.

Effects of vouchers?

Help black students but overall pretty mixed

What were Obama’s Common Core standards?

State-led effort to create ELA/Math standards for K-12 and college/career readiness

What was Race to the Top and what were the 3 parts?

4.35 billion one-time federal grant during the recession

1. Ease limits on charter schools

2. Merit-based pay for teachers

3. Move towards common core

What did ESSA retain for states to do? (4)

1. Annual requirement for grades 4-8 and once in high school

2. States must report the results

3. Accountability system- 3 academic and 1 non-academic indicator

4. States must intervene in bottom 5% of schools

What does Trump want to do with education? (5)

1. No more Common Core

2. No more DOE

3. No caps on charter schools

4. Expanded vouchers

5. DC voucher program

What’s Biden’s education plan?

1. Triple Title I funding including teacher salaries

2. Fund disability act (IDEA)

3. Improve buildings

4. Universal pre-K