A school staff member charged with janitorial responsibilities such as cleaning and maintaining the school plant and equipment.

The design of an educational program that fulfills the educational goals of the institution.

A district or school official charged with development, improvement and supervision of curricula in schools and departments within his or her jurisdiction.

A formal, week-long examination and evaluation of a school’s curriculum and teaching methods by a team of examiners from the American Association of School Administrators...

The totality of formal academic courses offered in American public schools.

In the United States, an amorphous and continually changing program of postsecondary studies in a virtually limitless range of subjects and topics.

A term referring to “open” high school curricula offering students a wide choice of electives.

A broad term usually referring to the totality of formal courses taught in a school or college. It can, however, have broader or narrower meanings.

An element of the social studies curriculum designed to encourage student interest in local, national and world affairs and their relation to history.

A file containing chronological entries of all data pertaining to a student’s progress throughout his or her years in an individual school.

A principle of teaching whereby the simplest materials are presented first, followed by materials of ever increasing complexity...

An examination whose questions are not based on cultural experiences and can, therefore, be answered with equal facility by students of different cultures with the same intelligence.

A lack of social, cultural and educational training necessary to participate successfully in society at large.

A body of knowledge that is common and essential to the functioning of a people related by language, geography and social customs.

A multisensory system of teaching basic number concepts that revolutionized mathematics instruction in kindergartens and elementary schools around the world.

The first American industrial exhibition designed to display to Americans at all levels the world’s technical and scientific advances.

The enrollment in a course, for full academic credit, at an institution of higher education by a student attending a second, unaffiliated institution.

The formal or informal integration of materials from one or more courses into a single, new course.

The intellectual evaluation of a variety of assumptions and empirical data and the ability to arrive at logical conclusions on the basis of that evaluation.

An examination that measures and compares a student’s knowledge to teacher and school goals and expectations for the particular class and grade.

The number of felonies and arrests on American college campuses, as reported to the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION under the terms of the CLERY CAMPUS SECURITY ACT.

American educator, historian and president of Teachers College, Columbia University, from 1974 to 1984.

In education, a document issued to an individual by an accepted authority permitting the individual to perform appropriate teaching or non teaching services.