WGU D017 School Law Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Common School Movement () - ANSWER-Horace Mann and Henry Barnard Primary schools teaching the rudiments to all who needed it. Goal was to make the population more moral citizens. A Nation at Risk - ANSWER-1983 National Commission report calling for extensive educational reforms, including more academic course requirements, more stringent college entrance requirements, upgraded and updated textbooks, and longer school days and year. Types of Schools - ANSWER-Public - funded through taxes a...

In what state did Horace Mann begin the Common School Movement? - ANSWER-Massachusetts Which U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public facilities, including schools, that infamously came to be known as "separate but equal"? - ANSWER-Plessy v. Ferguson Which subgroup of students must schools support when using Title I funding to provide supplemental academic programs? - ANSWER-Economically disadvantaged students Which amendment of the U....

1. What is risk management (RM)? (1) A decision-making process for managing day-to-day schedules when there are conflicts ** (2) A decision-making process for identifying hazards and controlling risks both on-duty and off-duty (3) A tool for leadership to manage workflow and activities while on-duty (4) A tool for evaluating mission readiness and likelihood of equipment failure 2. What is the first step in the risk management (RM) process? (1) Assess hazards (2) Develop cont...

Brown v. Board of Education Which case ruled that school segregation for students violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Rezoning Which remedy often proved to be the least expensive way to assist in the desegregation of schools? It's primary effect must not advance or inhibit religion. It must have a secular purpose. It must not result in excessive government entanglement. Which criterion is used as part of the Lemon test to determine whether a gove...

Which of the following is not a cellular function? Combustion - All living cells must absorb and metabolize sources of energy, excrete waste and by-products of those processes, and reproduce to continue offspring. Pyrotechnic processes (i.e. combustion) are generally metaphorical. What are mitochondria responsible for? Energy production - Mitochondria are the energy production organelles of the cell responsible for the major metabolic processes of creating units of energy (e.g., ATP)....

Autosomal Dominant 1 parent has, 50% change of child having Autosomal Recessive Both parents are carriers, 25% change of child having, 50% chance child is a carrier. Cystic Fibrosis affects pancreas causing secretions in lungs 21st Trisomy Down Syndrome Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY) male has extra X, female like qualities Turner Syndrome Missing X in females Alpha Thalassemia inherited blood disorder; mild to severe anemia Beta Thallasemia lo...

1st Amendment Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition 4th Amendment Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures 5th Amendment The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process 14th Amendment Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws compulsory attendance Required attendance at school from an age and to an age set by state legislatures. National Education Def...

Who was considered the father of the common school movement in America? Horace Mann advocated for the common school in Massachusetts, which spread throughout America in the 1800s. Which landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision found the separate but equal clause to violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, ordering an end to legally mandated race-segregated schools? Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), declared that state laws separating black a...