board of education
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- noun
- /bɔrd əv ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən/
- Formal
:
junta de educación
- As a member of the board of education, she actively participated in discussions about improving local schools.
- state board of education
- local board of education
- member of the board of education
Brown versus Board of Education explaining Plessy versus Ferguson.
- Brown versus Board of Education explaining Plessy versus Ferguson.
- Local board, school boards and boards of education.
- So you have Robert Carter who argues in Brown versus Board of Education.
- We have studied the history of the litigation that led to Brown versus Board of Education, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in particular.
- But it's also just as important at your city or County Council, at your, you know, Board of Education, in your state assembly or your state legislature.
Examples
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The parameters for decision established by the board of education will define the degree to which decentralization occurs.
Academic text (1990) -
What is the level of support from the administration and the board of education for the music program?
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Policy development has remained largely in the hands of the board of education.
Academic text (1990) -
Our project would be a pilot for our board of education.
Academic text (2012) -
But in that year, she ran for a seat on the board of education with support from the Democratic organization.
Academic text (1997) -
Without a firm commitment from the board of education and the superintendent, the process is doomed from the start.
Academic text (1990) -
In each municipality, the board of education or school is responsible for safety management.
Academic text (2012) -
In New York City, students sent letters of protest to their board of education members pleading for more access to web content.
Academic text (2015) -
Among other things, the plaintiff charged the board of education with the failure to provide proper supervision.
Academic text (1995) -
Given the chance to serve on the Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education, he helped guide the historic integration of the county's public schools.
Synonyms
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3.2
A group of people chosen to manage an organization
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A group of people who make decisions about local public schools
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A group of people chosen to make important decisions for a school or other organization
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A group of people who direct and make important decisions for an organization
How Responsible
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a committee responsible for management and supervision of schools' is directly and compositionally built from 'board' (a committee) + 'of' (linking) + 'education' (teaching/schools). This is a standard noun + of + noun institutional naming pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Board of education comes from the image of people sitting around a board, a table, to talk about education. That's why the phrase means 'the group in charge of local schools'.