| A | B |
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| community-based partnerships | collaboration of school and community groups such as civic organizations, corporations, and community groups |
| charter schools | independent schools given a charter to operate by the government |
| directory information | determined by the school, typically includes name, teacher, phone number, and address |
| inclusion | the practice of integrating students with disabilities into general education classes |
| school choice | proposals that allow parents to choose the schools their children attend at public expense |
| for-profit schools | schools that are operated, for profit, by private educational corporations |
| multicultural education | education that provides equal opportunities to all students and is dedicated to diversity |
| heterogeneous grouping | the practice of placing children of various abilities together in the same group |
| vouchers | funds allocated to parents to purchase education for their children from public or private schools |
| FERPA | a law granting parents and students the right to examine their school records |
| multiple intelligences theory | a perspective suggesting that there are at least seven types of human intelligence |
| homogeneous grouping | the practice of grouping children by ability so that each group contains only students of similar abilities |
