Chapter 13: Dealing with Community Issues

The government response to solving problems or resolving issues in the community.

• Public Policy

• Private Policy

• Private Interference

• Government Interference

An advisory group to a community.

• Community Commission

• Planning Commission

• Advisory Commission

• Lower Courts

A community's system of roads, bridges, water and sewers.

• Communication
• Transportation
• Infrastructure
• Buildings

What is the term called for the money, people, and materials available to accomplish a community's goals?

• liabilities
• assets
• resources
• capital

What is the government's set of goals with explanation of how they will carry it out and meet the changing needs over time called?

• Operational plan
• Master plan

• Vision statement
• Mission statement

What type of school receives state funding, but is excused from public school regulations called?

• magnet school
• vocational school
• private school
• charter school

What is a certificate issued by the government providing money for education payments, allowing families options on where to send their children to school called?

• scholarship
• voucher
• grant
• subsidy

Select all of the purposes of the competency tests in education.

• Measure student learning over time

• Evaluate possible career path

• Compare intelligence across the country

• Show student's strengths and weaknesses

• Show how well a school district is doing

What did states have to do to get the money from No Child Left Behind?

• Increase enrollment

• Submit a written request
• Test all students on core subjects

• Report student enrollment

What does NIMBY stand for?

• Not In My Back Yard
• New Invention Makes Better Yogurt
• No Insecticide May Be Yielded
• Now I Must Buy You