3.Government and Administration

Department for Education and Employment ( the DFEE ) - the British government department responsible for all levels of education in England and Wales and for job training. Education used to be covered by the Department of Education and Science (DES), but in 1992 this department was split into the Office of Public Service and Science and the Department for Education. The Department of Employment and the Department for Education were then brought together to form the present DFEE.

the Secretary of State for Education and Employment

the Scottish Office – a British government department responsible for a wide range of Scottish affairs, including education. It is lead by the Secretary of State for Scotland and is based mainly in Edinburgh.

the Department of Education – the US government department that establishes policies for the country's schools and in charge of national programmes for education, including financial help.

Local Education Authority ( LEA ) – a department of local government in Britain that provides money to run the schools and colleges in its area; to opt out of local authority control.

Parent-Teacher Association ( PTA ) - an organization of teachers and parents within a school who plan social events and activities in order to raise money.

board of governors ( =in a school ) , e.g.The board of governors has approved the appointment of a new headteacher.

school board e.g. The local school board is trying to raise teachers' salaries.

headmaster/headmistress. A more usual word is headteacher. AmE usually principal

deputy head

teaching staff

to employ teacher

supervised by teachers

specialist teacher

full-time teacher

substitute teacher

to run a school

K-12 ( AmE) ( the US education system ) relating to the years from kindergarten to 12^th grade: The state pays for a K-12 education

to formulate national education policy

curriculum( pl.curricula /curriculums ) – the subjects that are taught by a school, college etc: The secondary school curriculum includes Mathematics, Science, English, a foreign language, History and Geography. national curriculum; on the curriculum (= taught as a subject ) , Latin is no longer on the curriculum

syllabus ( pl.syllabi/syllabuses )– a plan that states exactly what students at a school or college should learn in a particular: the history/English/math's syllabus; on the syllabus e.g. Shakespeare's always on the syllabus.

to make high demands on school

to reorganize secondary education on comprehensive lines

to transfer ( promote ) from one class to another

to be enrolled in; compulsory open enrolment of pupils

to get a grant for further education

4.Subjects

the tree R's ( reading, writing and arithmetic )

literacy ( = reading and writing ); illiteracy

numeracy ( =number skills ); innumeracy; to tackle illiteracy and innumeracy

the Humanities /the Arts– the subjects such as history, literature, and philosophy that are based on the study of human culture and ideas

Natural Sciences– chemistry, biology, and physics, considered together as subjects for study, or one of these subjects

compulsory – ( required ). We speak of compulsory subjects courses. The word is more often used than "obligatory" in the context of education. The opposite of compulsory is optional.

options ( optional subjects )

with vocational bias

core subjects - English, mathematics and science

foundation subjects – technology, geography, history, art, music, a foreign language and physical education