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Encyclopedia > Superintendent (education)

In education, a superintendent is an individual that has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization. For example, many state departments of education in the United States refer to their administrators as superintendents. Most school districts usually do the same. School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ...


Many school superintendents are elected by a school board. They are typically given overall responsibility for personnel selection and appointment, preparation of operating budgets, and implementation of school policies and regulations. Board of education is the typical styling of the title in the United States of the board of directors of a local school district and generallly the statewide organization responsible for the oversight of such local boards as well. ... American high school students in a school A school is most commonly a place designated for learning. ...


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