Mr Edwards Is the Principal at a Public School and Has

question 99

Multiple Choice

Mr. Edwards is the principal at a public school and has just read a research study that discussed ways to maximize student's success. The main message of the research study was that what takes place within a school is probably more important than the nature of its funding and oversight. Based on what you learned from the textbook, what do you think the researchers argued that schools should focus on?

• A) the ways in which schools train, certify, place, and compensate teachers
• B) successfully tracking students
• C) trying to become a private school
• D) allowing students to choose more of their coursework

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Definitions:

Demand

The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various price points, at a given time.

Excise Tax

A per-unit tax on a specific good.

Supply Curve

A graph that represents the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that suppliers are willing to sell.

Perfectly Inelastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied of a good does not change as its price changes.