CIIE Crossword

7. A school governing method that shifts decision making from the central district to individual schools
9. The act of combining two smaller schools to make a bigger school
12. Making a larger school smaller by splitting it apart
15. Federal money provided to the states, with limited federal restrictions for educational aid and program financing
16. Professional relationship between schools and businesses
18. State government's or professional association's evaluation and approval of an applicant's competencies.
19. Unofficial power structure within a school.
20. Elected officials who determine educational policies for school systems

1. Financial aid to local school districts from state or federal agencies
2. An effort to empower teachers in which they share power with the school principal and participate in school affairs
3. Local real estate tax
4. The executive head of the state department of education
5. A group of people who persuaded state legislatures to favoring lower income communities in an effort to equalize educational opportunities
6. A legal approach that ensures educational opportunities to poorer students based on state constitution
8. Agency that operates under the state board of education, schools, and teachers.
10. unofficial power wielded by parents, educators, and school administration
11. case decided on March 21, 1973, by the United States Supreme Court holding that property taxes could be used to fund public schools.
13. The Obligation of schools and teachers to be held responsible for student performance
14. Amendment that gives any powers not listed in the constitution to the states
17. A certificate of debt issues by a government that guarantees repayment in addition to interest