school board

(noun)

A governing body of people elected to oversee management of an educational district and to represent the interests of residents.

Related Terms

  • common school movement
  • Horace Mann

Examples of school board in the following topics:

  • Early Public Schools

    • Early public schools in the United States took the form of "common schools," which were meant to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • The earliest public schools were developed in the nineteenth century and were known as "common schools," a term coined by American educational reformer Horace Mann that refers to the aim of these schools to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Typically, with a small amount of state oversight, an elected local school board controlled each district, traditionally with a county school superintendent or regional director elected to supervise day-to-day activities of several common school districts.
    • Because common schools were locally controlled and the United States was very rural in the nineteenth century, most common schools were small one-room centers.
    • In the early 1900s, schools generally became more regional (as opposed to local), and control of schools moved away from elected school boards and toward professionals.
  • The Spread of Public Education

    • Each district was typically controlled by an elected local school board; a county school superintendent or regional director was usually elected to supervise day-to-day activities of several common school districts.
    • In the early 1900s schools generally became more regional (as opposed to local), and control of schools moved away from elected school boards and towards professionals.
    • House of Representatives in 1848 after serving as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education since its creation.
    • The school curriculum resembled that of schools in the north.
    • School house.
  • Desegregation in Little Rock

    • A crisis erupted, however, when nine African-American students attempted to attend an integrated school, Little Rock Central High School.
    • Board of Education on May 17, 1954.
    • In Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas, the Little Rock School Board agreed to comply with the high court's ruling.
    • Virgil Blossom, the Superintendent of Schools, submitted a plan of gradual integration to the school board on May 24, 1955, which the board unanimously approved.
    • Other school systems across the South followed suit.
  • The Brown Decision

    • Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
    • The District Court ruled in favor of the Board of Education, citing the U.S.
    • School Board of Prince Edward County (filed in Virginia), Gebhart v.
    • Board of Education decision.
    • Board of Education on the practice of racial segregation in schools.
  • Educational Reforms

    • Education in the United States had long been a local affair, with schools governed by locally elected school boards.
    • House of Representatives in 1848 after serving as secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education.
    • A "common school" was a public, often one-roomed school in the United States or Canada in the 1800s.
    • Each district was typically controlled by an elected local school board; a county school superintendent or regional director was usually elected to supervise day-to-day activities of several common-school districts.
    • The school curriculum resembled that of schools in the North.
  • Women of the Civil Rights Movement

    • She remained active and was on the National Board of the NAACP until 1970.
    • The plan for desegregating the schools of Little Rock was to be implemented in three phases, starting first with the senior and junior high schools; then, only after the successful integration of senior and junior schools, the elementary schools would be integrated.
    • The court ordered the School Board to integrate the schools as of September 1957.
    • In the 1958-59 school year, however, public schools in Little Rock were closed in another attempt to roll back desegregation.
    • Eisenhower to desegregate schools and President Lyndon B.
  • Court Decisions and Civil Rights

    • It targeted the exclusion of blacks from the University of Maryland law school.
    • Board of Education in 1954.
    • Murray appealed this rejection to the Board of Regents of the university, but was refused admittance.
    • Since Maryland chose to only provide one law school for use by students in the state, that law school had to be available to all races.
    • Board of Education mandated desegregation across the whole of the United States.
  • The Warren Court

    • Board of Education, Reynolds v.
    • Board of Education, Gideon v.
    • Board.
    • Board of Education of Topeka (1954) declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
    • Board of Education
  • The Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement

    • Board of Education.
    • Students at Moton High School protested the overcrowded conditions and failing facility.
    • When the students did not budge, the NAACP joined their battle against school segregation.
    • Board of Education.
    • Critics had charged he was lukewarm, at best, on the goal of desegregation of public schools.
  • Civil Rights Under Nixon

    • The Nixon years witnessed the first large-scale integration of public schools in the South.
    • Nixon sought a middle way between the segregationists (those supporting school segregation) and liberal Democrats who supported integration.
    • By September of 1970, fewer than 10% of African American children were attending segregated schools.
    • The Philadelphia Plan was based on an earlier plan developed in 1967 by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance and the Philadelphia Federal Executive Board.
    • Secretary Shultz was influential in Nixon's school integration and affirmative action policies.
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