Supporting Mathematics Teachers in the United States and Finland Proceedings of a Workshop (2018) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
3 The U.S. Education System
3 The U.S. Education System
Pages 9-14
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 9... ...
John Staley of the Baltimore County Public Schools described the basic structure and leadership of the nation's public education system. Chelsea McIntyre of the Catalina Foothills School District focused on the role of the local district, and Elizabeth Radday of the Marvelwood School in Kent, Connecticut, offered her observations about key differences between U.S.
|
From page 10... ...
The bottom portion Postdoctoral Study and Research Ph.D. or Advanced 7 Doctor's Degree Study Professional Professional Schools (College, University, Professional, Degree (Medicine, 6 Postsecondary Education Theology, Vocational, Technical)
|
From page 11... ...
One issue is that 2 The United States' publicly funded higher education system consists of institutions administered by the states that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees. The federal government contributes some funding to state institutions and has limited authority to regulate them, but students still have to pay tuition and costs.
|
From page 12... ...
The primary approach the federal government uses to influence public education is with money, overseen by legislation, such as the Race to the Top and Title IX.5 Even though the federal government's influence on public education is limited, the question of control is a perpetual issue in the United States. The public strongly supports the idea of local control: 56 percent of Americans surveyed in 2014 had the opinion that local school boards should have the 3 Public charter schools are independent schools founded by individuals outside the traditional public school system and usually exempt from many state and local requirements.
|
From page 13... ...
Tucson at one time offered bilingual education programs in schools, as well as an ethnic studies programs, such as Mexican American studies,6 which was designed to teach critical thinking through varied cultural prospectives. In 2000, 63 percent of Arizonans voted for Proposition 203,7 which limited access to bilingual education for English-language learners; the ethnic studies program was dismantled by state law in 2010.
|
From page 14... ...
In the United States vocational high schools have fallen out of favor and are currently rare options; almost all students attend a general upper secondary school with a program intended to prepare them for postsecondary academic institutions.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.