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sjones

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Which of these is not true of education in Texas?
 
  a. Local Independent School Boards hire teachers, build school buildings, and make judgments about allocations of resources in their own local areas.
  b. The state of Texas has a State Board of Education that makes broad decisions about what is required to gain an education in Texas and to graduate from a Texas high school.
  c. The single largest area of the state budget is education.
 d. Local governments in Texas pay for the largest share of the costs of education in the state.
  e. Spending large amounts of funds at the state and local levels has resulted in Texas having one of the best-funded education systems in the country.

Question 2

Which statement regarding education in Texas is correct?
 
  a. In Texas, the system is complex, with some of the responsibilities for public education residing at the state level and others at the local level.
  b. In Texas, the largest single expenditure of government is for public education.
 c. The federal government expanded its involvement in education through the No Child Left Behind Act, which established requirements for annual testing of students in core subject areas, mandated the hiring of qualified teachers, and allowed students in low-quality schools to transfer to more successful ones.
  d. No Child Left Behind changed public education dramatically, but it has not been accompanied by funding necessary to accomplish its goals.
  e. All of these statements are correct.



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deja

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Answer to Question 1

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sjones

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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