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School board
A school board, often called a board of education, is a local elected body that sets policy for a public school district, including its budget, curriculum, and superintendent.
School bullying
School bullying is repeated, unwanted aggressive behavior among school-aged children involving a power imbalance, occurring physically, verbally, relationally, or online. It affects over 30% of students globally, and school-based prevention programs reduce perpetration by roughly 18-19% and victimization by 15-16%.
School bus
A school bus, also known as the yellow school bus, is a motor vehicle built to stricter safety standards than ordinary buses and, in North America, painted standardized yellow for visibility.
School bus warning lights
School bus warning lights are the red and amber flashing lamps on North American school buses: amber means the bus is slowing, red means children are boarding.
School choice
School choice: education policies letting families pick schools beyond assigned neighborhood schools, including vouchers, charter schools, ESAs, and open enrollment, originating with Milton Friedman's 1955 voucher proposal.
School colors
School colors are the official color set a school or university adopts for identity, used on uniforms, athletics, and branding; examples include Penn State's blue and white (1890) and Princeton's orange, with effects on preference and accessibility constraints.
School consolidation
School consolidation is the merging of small school districts or closing of small schools, which cut US districts from about 150,000 to fewer than 14,500.
School corporal punishment in the United States
School corporal punishment in the United States: paddling or spanking of students, legal in about 18 public-school states (mostly southern), 69,492 students in 2017-18, upheld by Ingraham v. Wright, opposed by the AAP.
School counselor
School counselor: master's-level certified educator delivering academic, career, and social/emotional programs in pre-K-12 schools, guided by the ASCA National Model; recommended 250:1 caseload versus a 372:1 national ratio, with meta-analytic effect size 0.30.
School Daze
School Daze (1988) is Spike Lee's second feature, a musical comedy-drama set during homecoming at a fictional historically Black college, addressing colorism, apartheid activism, and Greek life, released by Columbia Pictures.
School discipline
School discipline is the system of rules, punishments, and behavioral management used in K-12 schools. Covers corporal punishment, suspension, Goss v. Lopez due process, racial disparities, and restorative alternatives.
School district
School district: the geographically defined local government unit, unique to American law, that operates public schools; separate from cities and counties, rooted in colonial Massachusetts, and the basic unit of U.S. education funding.
School District 36 Surrey
School District 36 Surrey, also known as Surrey Schools, is the public school district serving Surrey, White Rock, and Barnston Island, British Columbia, formed in 1906.
School District 61 Greater Victoria
School District 61 Greater Victoria, also called the Greater Victoria School District, is a public school district in British Columbia serving more than 20,000 students in Victoria.
School district consolidation in the United States
School district consolidation in the United States was the twentieth-century movement merging small rural districts into larger systems, shrinking districts from about 117,000 in 1940 to 13,601 by 2014-15.
School districts in Alaska
School districts in Alaska: no independent district governments; four types (borough, city, REAA, FTREAA), REAAs created 1975 serving rural Alaska without a tax base under the AS 14.17 foundation formula.
School districts in Colorado
School districts in Colorado: 178 locally governed public school districts (146 rural), reduced from 2,105 in 1935 by the 1949 School District Reorganization Act; funded mainly through the Public School Finance Act, with enrollment of 870,793 in 2025-26.
School districts in Delaware
School districts in Delaware: 19 traditional districts plus 25 charter schools (42 LEAs), governed by uncompensated elected boards, reorganized July 1, 1969, funded mainly by the state through a unit-based system with local property taxes.
School districts in Pennsylvania
School districts in Pennsylvania: 500 locally governed K-12 political subdivisions under the Public School Code of 1949, serving 1.7 million students, classified into five population classes, funded by property taxes, state subsidies, and federal funds, served by 29 intermediate units.
School districts in the Southern United States
School districts in the Southern United States are the local governing bodies that run public K-12 schools, anchored mostly to counties, or parishes in Louisiana, unlike the independent districts common elsewhere.
School for Scoundrels (1960 film)
School for Scoundrels (1960) is a British comedy directed by Robert Hamer, based on Stephen Potter's Lifemanship books, starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, and Alastair Sim as a one-upmanship teacher.
School for Scoundrels (2006 film)
School for Scoundrels (2006) is a Todd Phillips comedy remake starring Billy Bob Thornton as Dr. P and Jon Heder as Roger, a meter reader in a confidence class; grossed $24.5 million worldwide.
School Games Federation of India
School Games Federation of India (SGFI), sgfi.org.in, is India's Ministry-recognized national sports federation for School Games, affiliated to the ISF, based in Lucknow, and runs the annual National School Games in U-14, U-17, and U-19 age groups.
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play is a 2017 comedy by Jocelyn Bioh set in 1986 at Ghana's Aburi Girls Boarding School, where queen bee Paulina is challenged by new student Ericka for the Miss Ghana pageant spot; it won the Lortel Award for Best Play and reached Broadway in 2026.
School integration in the United States
School integration in the United States: the movement to desegregate public schools launched by Brown v. Board (1954), enforced by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and court-ordered busing, which peaked in 1988 and has since reversed amid resegregation.
School leaving qualification
School leaving qualification: the official certificate or diploma, also called a credential, awarded on completing secondary education. Variants include the Matura, baccalauréat, NCEA, and Abitur; designs mix external exams, school assessment, credits, and attendance.
School library
School library: a library within a primary or secondary school supporting teaching, learning, and reading, guided by the IFLA/UNESCO Manifesto (1999, updated 2025); reviews link collections, staffing, and librarian-teacher collaboration to student achievement.
School meal
School meal: meals or snacks schools provide students, also called school feeding or school lunch programs. Covers global coverage (84% of countries), US NSLP scale, Cochrane evidence on health and education effects, nutrition standards, and universal free meal policies.
School meal programs in the United States
School meal programs in the United States: the National School Lunch Program (1946) and School Breakfast Program (1966), USDA-reimbursed meals with free/reduced tiers at 130%/185% poverty, plus the Community Eligibility Provision and eight state universal free meal programs.
School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), founded 1943 by Paul Nitze and Christian Herter, is a graduate international relations school with campuses in Washington D.C., Bologna, and Nanjing, ranked No. 2 by Foreign Policy.