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Beginning teachers must have some understanding of the way schools and school systems operate because they will be affected personally by governance and financial decisions.

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Chapter 11 explores how the U.S. educational system is organized, governed, and financed.

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State Offices and Administrators
-The Governor and the State Legislature
-The State Board of Education
-The Chief State School Officer
-The State Department of Education

The Local School District
-The Local School Board
-The Superintendent of Schools
-The School Principal

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A states ability to pay for education depends on income level or its residents and corporations, and the willingness of its citizens to financially support public education.

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Who Influences American Public Education?

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Who Influences American Public Education?

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-Professional Education Organizations
-Parents
-Business
-The Federal Government

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-School Spending
-State and Local Funding
-School Finance Reform and the Courts
-Federal Funding

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National Education Organizations (NEA)
& American Federation of Teachers (AFT) are professional education organizations.

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Head Start is a federal program that aims to improve the learning skills, social skills, and health status of preschool age, poor children so they can begin schools on an equal basis with their more advantaged peers.

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The state board of education is the policy making body for elementary and secondary schools

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Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) devises activities to fit needs of local school community.