Governing and Administering Public Education Chapter 7 Governing and Administering Public Education Viewing recommendations for Windows: Use the Arial TrueType font and set your screen area to at least 800 by 600 pixels with Colors set to Hi Color (16 bit). Viewing recommendations for Macintosh: Use the Arial TrueType font and set your monitor resolution to at least 800 by 600 pixels with Color Depth set to thousands of colors

Educational Roles at Different Levels of Government Federal State Local Sets broad goals & priorities Funding and support to states & local districts Legal decisions Establishes local districts Raises & distributes tax money to local districts Sets curriculum guides & teacher standards Implements local, state and national policies Major responsibility for day-to-day operations of schools, including staffing, funding, and instructional concerns Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company

Responsibilities of Local School Boards Policy Staffing Employee Relations Fiscal Matters Student Concerns Curriculum and Assessment Community Relations Intergovernmental Relations Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company

A Typical School Board Member Male (about 61%) White (about 92%) Over 40 (86%) College-educated (75%) High-income (81% over $40,000/year) Parent of a child in district (57%) Conservative (55%) Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company

Types of Community Involvement in Schools Community Participation Advisory committees to neighborhood school or local school board Community Education Schools partner with community agencies to offer social & educational programs to a wide variety of people. Community Control School boards Local School Councils Charter schools Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company

Private School Statistics Eleven percent of U.S. students attend private schools. Of those: 50% attend Catholic schools. 15% attend nonreligious, independent schools. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company