I will state the objectives and outline your reading of Chapter 5. 

• Describe the organizational structure of schools and school districts.
• Describe the authority relationships among shcools, states, and the federal government.
• Describe the relationships and roles of teachers and principals.
• Summarize the key sources of funding for public schools.

OUTLINE
THE STRUCTURE OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

• See Table 5.1 on page 175 for the policy to practice continuum in the US education system.
• Two types of relationships in an organization: line and staff.
• Line relationship: an organizational arrangement in which a subordinate is directly responsible to a supervisor.
• Staff relationship: an arrangement in which one party is not under the direct control or authority of another.
• See figure 5.1 on page 179 for a typical school organizational chart: a graphic representation of the line and staff relationships of personnel in a school, school district, or other type of organization.
• See figure 5.2 on page 183 for a typical school district line and staff organization.
• See figure 5.3 on page 184 for a typical structure of a State Education System.
• See figure 5.4 on page 186 for influences on legislative decision making.
• Other types of education agencies are described on pages 189-190.
• Pages 190-195 describe increasing option for education of our youth.  They include SBDM (site-based decision making), magnet schools, charter schools, year-round schools, and the use of vouchers to choose your school, and independent schools.
• Issues related to organization and structure, found on pages 195-200, include: local control, centralization, school boards, and the role of politics (see professional dilemma on page 197).

THE FINANCING OF EDUCATION: SOURCES OF FUNDS AND THE MOVE FROM EQUITY TO ADEQUACY

• Money to support education comes from a variety of taxes paid to local, state and federal governments.  The government in turn distributes tax money to local school districts to operate the schools.  See figure 5.6 on page 201.
• Property tax is a tax based on the value of property, both real estate and personal.
• Read relevant research on page 206 and the debate on pages 208-209.
• See figures 5.7 and 5.8 on pages 210-11.
• Perennial school financial issues: increasing enrollments, taxpayer revolt, and conditions of the schools.
• Accountability: schools obligation to take responsibility for what students learn.
• See table 5.5 on page 218.
• Chapter summary found on pages 220-222.