Public Education

Why did American children start attending school at a younger age?

• Parents paid to have schools built

• The public school system began to add kindergartens to their programs

• Children and parents demanded the public school system allow them to attend at a younger age.

Where African Americans were mostly excluded from public high schools, which groups were encouraged to go to school?

• Older men

• Women with children

• Immigrants

What level of government is responsible for public schools?

• Federal

• State

• Local

• Independent Corporations

In a public school who is at the top of a typical school district structure?

• School Board

• Superintendent

• Principal

• Teachers

In Michigan, who does the state government delegate most authority over schools to?

• Federal government

• Local school districts

• Private Corporations

• Parents

Money that is given to states to cover expenses like roads, education, and healthcare is

• appropriations

• grants-in-aid

• discretionary spending

• mandatory spending

Expenditure on Civil administration, education, public health, water supply has increased due to migration of people from the villages to cities.

• True

• False

What is the primary source of funding for public schools in the United States?

• Federal government

• State and local taxes

• Private donations

• Tuition fees

Which landmark case declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

What is the role of a school board in a public school system?

• To manage day-to-day school operations

• To set policies and oversee the district

• To teach students

• To fundraise for the school