Chapter 4: Schools as the Workplace for Students and Teachers

• Staff and Organization- The way staff is organized in the United States is with a linear system and a chain of command. Students are on the bottom with teachers, then the principal, and finally the superintendent of the school district is at the head. The teacher reports to the principal first before the superintendent, this is how the school district is organized. In the school that I created the organization would be similar, except that there is no superintendent. Each school is its own separate entity that reports to the Province Director of Education.
  
• The school district relationship with the state- The school district is a geographic area and includes all the schools in that area. This is how the state is divided into manageable sections. In my country we do not have school districts, each principal reports to the Province Director of Education in each province. Those directors report to the Adviser of Education to the Chairman.
  
• Role of federal government- In the United States Constitution the role of education is reserved to the states' jurisdiction. The federal government can influence education through legislation, Supreme Court decision, and executive policy. The federal government can not force states to incorporate the federal policy but it can withhold federal funding to that state. In my country all decisions about education originate and are dictated by the federal government and are adopted completely and intact into the curriculum.
  
• How schools are paid for-The United States funds schools through different taxes, including, income, sales, and property. My country funds the schools by property taxes in the community. Each community is responsible to fund its own school.