A uniquely American, two- or fouryear, degree-granting institution of postsecondary school education offering, respectively, ASSOCIATE and BACHELOR’S DEGREES in either the arts or sciences.

Commonly used name for the 1966 landmark study Equality of Educational Opportunity, by a team headed by educator-sociologist James S. Coleman, then of Johns Hopkins University, and Ernest Q. Campbell, of Vanderbilt University.

The specific method for absorbing and understanding new information used by a specific individual during a specific stage of development in his or her life.

Any and all physical, emotional and intellectual activity that permits a human to absorb and understand new information.

The process by which humans absorb and understand new information.

American educator and pioneer of adult education and education of gifted children. As president of the University of Minnesota in 1932...

The admission and instruction, on the basis of full equality, of male and female students in the same classrooms and schools.

A relatively ineffectual statement of principles for teachers, developed by the NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION in 1929 and revised several times since.

The entire range of student activities unrelated to the academic curriculum.

A network of public schools that adopted reforms of educator THEODORE S. SIZER to raise academic standards.

A teacher / administrator of one or more sports.

A test of reading ability in which the student must guess missing words in a paragraph on the basis of its context.

A 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that the Cleveland Board of Education had violated the constitutional rights of women by requiring pregnant teachers to take unpaid maternity leaves several months before and after childbirth.

A federal law requiring American colleges to report to the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION by October 1 each year all data on crimes that occurred on their campuses during the previous academic year and to make the tally available to prospective applicants for admission.

An employee or consultant paid by an institution or school district to enforce contract specifications on construction projects.

Those ordained by their CHURCH to perform sacred rites and provide spiritual and, often, temporal guidance.

School-sponsored, off-campus excursions to a variety of educative sites and events.

The number of students in a regularly scheduled class.

A direct method of evaluating teacher performance and CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT skills.

Activities in classrooms unrelated to the subjects taught.

The organization and techniques used by teachers to control students and assure desired learning results.

Noncertified school personnel, whose duties vary widely from school to school and classroom to classroom, depending on the needs of individual teachers and their students.

The room in which a group of students meet regularly, for an average of 54 minutes at a time in U.S. schools to study the same subject or participate in a common activity.

The position of a student’s academic grade point average relative to other students in the class.