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English translation: school districts

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English term or phrase:school districts
Selected answer:school districts
Entered by: Tomy Goh (X)

23:00 Mar 23, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: school districts
Your child’s school district receives Title III dollars from the U.S. Department of Education. This money is used to help English learners to speak, read, and write in English. We review school districts each year to see if they meet three goals.

Is it the schools within a district or the districts in a state? We review the schools or we review the districts? Thanks for who knows about the education system in US.
Tomy Goh (X)
Local time: 03:57
school districts
Explanation:
Each state in the US is divided into school districts. They are also divided into counties. A county may have more than one school district, depending on the population. They are reviewing the school districts rather than the individual schools. They want to know if the school districts are administering their schools according to certain standards.

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-03-23 23:29:17 GMT)
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Yes, your seond sentence says the district, not the individual schools, will notify the parents.

School district
Public education in many communities in the USA has been made the function of a school district serving one or more towns. A school district is a unique body corporate and politic, usually with districts being coequal to that of a city or a county, and has similar powers including taxation and eminent domain.
The functioning of a school district can be a key influence and concern in local politics. A well run district with safe and clean schools, graduating enough students to good universities, can enhance the value of housing in its area, and thus increase the amount of tax revenue available to carry out its operations. Conversely, a poorly-run district may cause growth in the area to be far less than surrounding areas, or even a decline in population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_district
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:57
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9school districts
Kim Metzger
5distrito escolar
Rufino Pérez De La Sierra


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
distrito escolar


Explanation:
This is it

Good luck

Rufino

Rufino Pérez De La Sierra
Canada
Local time: 17:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

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neutral  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo: Is it? And BTW what is IT in English?
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
school districts


Explanation:
Each state in the US is divided into school districts. They are also divided into counties. A county may have more than one school district, depending on the population. They are reviewing the school districts rather than the individual schools. They want to know if the school districts are administering their schools according to certain standards.

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-03-23 23:29:17 GMT)
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Yes, your seond sentence says the district, not the individual schools, will notify the parents.

School district
Public education in many communities in the USA has been made the function of a school district serving one or more towns. A school district is a unique body corporate and politic, usually with districts being coequal to that of a city or a county, and has similar powers including taxation and eminent domain.
The functioning of a school district can be a key influence and concern in local politics. A well run district with safe and clean schools, graduating enough students to good universities, can enhance the value of housing in its area, and thus increase the amount of tax revenue available to carry out its operations. Conversely, a poorly-run district may cause growth in the area to be far less than surrounding areas, or even a decline in population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_district


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 70

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneTranslates
2 hrs
agree  marybro
3 hrs
agree  Gary D: The area within which a school draws its students from.
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agree  Vladimir Dubisskiy
8 hrs
agree  veratek
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agree  Mihaela Ghiuzeli
13 hrs
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
1 day 15 hrs
agree  BrettMN
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agree  Reza Mohammadnia
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