CIE midterm

📘 CIE Mid-Term Exam Study Guide (Simple Terms)

Unit 1: 21st Century Education

Key Words

  • Code of Ethics → Rules teachers follow.

  • Georgia PSC → Licenses teachers, checks ethics.

  • Georgia DOE → Runs schools in Georgia.

  • Moral Turpitude → Bad or dishonest behavior.

  • RIF (Reduction in Force) → Teacher layoffs.

  • Tenure → Job protection after a few years.

  • Collaboration → Working together.

Court Cases

  • Brown v. Board (1954) → Ended segregation in schools.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) → Students keep free speech rights at school.

  • Lau v. Nichols (1974) → Schools must help kids who don’t speak English.

  • New Jersey v. TLO (1985) → Schools can search students, but must be fair.

  • Lee v. Weisman (1992) → No school-led prayer at events.

Short Answers

  • Teamwork → Working as a group.

  • Consensus → Everyone agrees.

  • Due Process → Fair treatment.

  • IDEA → Law for students with disabilities.

  • Title IX → No sex discrimination.

  • 504 → Protects students with disabilities.

  • Separation of Church & State → Schools can’t promote religion.

Practice Qs

  1. Biggest case → Brown v. Board: ended segregation, started civil rights in schools.

  2. Quote → Students keep rights like free speech even in school.

Unit 2: Professional Organizations & School Governance

Key Words

  • Property Tax → Local money from houses funds schools.

  • School Board → Elected group makes school rules.

  • Superintendent → Boss of the district.

  • Chain of Command → Teacher → Principal → Superintendent → Board.

  • Professional Organizations → Teacher support groups (NEA, AFT).

Big Ideas

  • US vs. other countries → US = local control, others = national control.

  • Boards & Superintendents → Board sets rules, superintendent runs schools.

  • Property Tax & Inequality → Rich areas = more money, poor areas = less.

  • Federal Government → Gives money, passes laws (Title IX, IDEA).

Other Key Words

  • Academic freedom → Teachers can teach freely.

  • FERPA (Buckley Amendment) → Protects student records.

  • Character education → Teaching values.

  • Child abuse → Teachers must report.

  • Copyright/Fair Use → Rules for using materials.

  • Corporal punishment → Physical discipline (mostly banned).

  • Educational malpractice → Bad teaching.

  • Establishment clause → No government religion.

Short Answers

  • Fourth Amendment → No unfair searches.

  • Fourteenth Amendment → Equal protection.

  • In loco parentis → Schools act like parents.

  • Malfeasance → Doing wrong on purpose.

  • Misfeasance → Doing something wrong by mistake.

  • Nonfeasance → Not doing your duty.

  • Sexual harassment → Unwanted behavior.

  • Zero-tolerance policy → Strict punishments.

Practice Qs

  1. Suggest a law → Example: federal law for equal school funding.

  2. Religion in schools → Respect all (Christmas, Ramadan, Diwali) but stay neutral.

  3. Ethical behavior → Model honesty, set clear rules, use positive discipline.

Unit 3: Purpose & Types of Schools

Types

  • Public → Free, funded by taxes.

  • Private → Paid by families.

  • Charter → Public but independent.

  • Magnet → Special focus (science, arts).

  • Vocational → Job training.

Unit 4: Democratic Classroom

Key Words

  • Democratic → Students have a voice.

  • Student-Centered Learning → Focus on students.

  • Equitable → Fair for everyone.

  • Critical Thinking → Thinking deeply.

  • System of Least Prompts → Help step by step.

  • Behavior-Specific Praise → Praise exact actions.

  • Classroom Climate → Feeling of the classroom.

Short Answers

  • Promote democracy → Let students help make class rules.

  • ESOL challenges → Language barriers, fitting in, new culture.