WGU D017 Exam Questions and Answers (2026)
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• A Nation at Risk . Answer: 1983 National Commission report calling for
extensive educational reforms, including more academic course requirements,
more stringent college entrance requirements, upgraded and updated textbooks,
and longer school days and year.
• Types of Schools . Answer: Public - funded through taxes and subject to all
federal and state laws.
Private - funded by grants, donations and student tuition and is not subject to
federal or state laws.
Charter- The charter is a performance contract which establishes the school's
mission and goals. They can select (randomly) who attends the school and are
funded by tax dollars and take the same tests as public schools. -Get less per pupil
than public schools.
• Role of Government in Schools . Answer: Federal - can influence education
thorough funding powers and enforcement of constitutional rights.
States - have absolute power to make laws governing education. Create state laws
and has state agencies to adopt regulations.
• Federal Legislation . Answer: Law at the highest or national level of a federal
government, consisting of a constitution, enacted laws and court decisions
pertaining to them. In education compliance is usually attached to funding.
• State Legislation . Answer: State legislatures pass laws on issues. Example:
compulsory attendance laws. Must be constitutional.
• Federal and State Regulations . Answer: Supplements to the law that are legally
binding. Help explain how the law should be interpreted and implemented.
• Case or Common Law . Answer: the body of law made up of judicial opinions
and precedents
, • State Court Structure . Answer: Varies by state but general includes trial court,
state courts of appeal, and a state supreme court. Any federal question would go to
the US District Court instead of the Trial court.
• Separate but Equal Doctrine . Answer: The doctrine established in Plessy v.
Ferguson that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but
equal facilities.
• De Jour Segregation vs De Facto Segregation . Answer: De Jour - unnatural or
forced state mandated segregation. -unconstitutional
De Facto - natural segregation caused by house patterns for example. -not
unconstitutional
• Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka . Answer: "We conclude that in the field of
public education the doctrine of 'separate-but-equal' has no place. Separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Demonstrated that education is a civil right and therefore discrimination in
education is unconstitutional.
• Unitary System . Answer: Court has defined a unitary system as the status a
school system achieves "when it no longer discriminates between school children
on the basis of race,"
• ReZoning of Schools . Answer: Because of a long history of gerrymandering
boundary lines with the intent to segregate, many school boundaries during the
1950s and 1960s had little to do with geographic barriers (e.g., rivers, hills); safety
issues (e.g., location of busy roads, factories); or the size, location, or dispersion of
the student population. When the schools were rezoned with good faith the schools
were better integrated.
• 1st Amendment (Religion,speech, press, assembly, petition) . Answer:
Establishment Clause - Prohibits the government from establishing an official
church
Free Exercise Clause - Allows people to worship as they please.
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• A Nation at Risk . Answer: 1983 National Commission report calling for
extensive educational reforms, including more academic course requirements,
more stringent college entrance requirements, upgraded and updated textbooks,
and longer school days and year.
• Types of Schools . Answer: Public - funded through taxes and subject to all
federal and state laws.
Private - funded by grants, donations and student tuition and is not subject to
federal or state laws.
Charter- The charter is a performance contract which establishes the school's
mission and goals. They can select (randomly) who attends the school and are
funded by tax dollars and take the same tests as public schools. -Get less per pupil
than public schools.
• Role of Government in Schools . Answer: Federal - can influence education
thorough funding powers and enforcement of constitutional rights.
States - have absolute power to make laws governing education. Create state laws
and has state agencies to adopt regulations.
• Federal Legislation . Answer: Law at the highest or national level of a federal
government, consisting of a constitution, enacted laws and court decisions
pertaining to them. In education compliance is usually attached to funding.
• State Legislation . Answer: State legislatures pass laws on issues. Example:
compulsory attendance laws. Must be constitutional.
• Federal and State Regulations . Answer: Supplements to the law that are legally
binding. Help explain how the law should be interpreted and implemented.
• Case or Common Law . Answer: the body of law made up of judicial opinions
and precedents
, • State Court Structure . Answer: Varies by state but general includes trial court,
state courts of appeal, and a state supreme court. Any federal question would go to
the US District Court instead of the Trial court.
• Separate but Equal Doctrine . Answer: The doctrine established in Plessy v.
Ferguson that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but
equal facilities.
• De Jour Segregation vs De Facto Segregation . Answer: De Jour - unnatural or
forced state mandated segregation. -unconstitutional
De Facto - natural segregation caused by house patterns for example. -not
unconstitutional
• Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka . Answer: "We conclude that in the field of
public education the doctrine of 'separate-but-equal' has no place. Separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Demonstrated that education is a civil right and therefore discrimination in
education is unconstitutional.
• Unitary System . Answer: Court has defined a unitary system as the status a
school system achieves "when it no longer discriminates between school children
on the basis of race,"
• ReZoning of Schools . Answer: Because of a long history of gerrymandering
boundary lines with the intent to segregate, many school boundaries during the
1950s and 1960s had little to do with geographic barriers (e.g., rivers, hills); safety
issues (e.g., location of busy roads, factories); or the size, location, or dispersion of
the student population. When the schools were rezoned with good faith the schools
were better integrated.
• 1st Amendment (Religion,speech, press, assembly, petition) . Answer:
Establishment Clause - Prohibits the government from establishing an official
church
Free Exercise Clause - Allows people to worship as they please.
