Educational administrative district - Kyoiku Gyosei-ku

…It is a region (area) in which a school exists, but it is used in two broad senses. One is a school district as a basic unit of educational administration, that is, a school district as an educational administrative region (area), and the other is a school district as a region (area) for attending and commuting to school, that is, a commuting district. The former type of school district is typically seen in the United States, where it is an educational administrative region established separately from the general administrative region, and a board of education is established in this school district. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "educational administrative districts" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…学校を存在させている地(区)域のことであるが，大別すると二つの意味で用いられる。一つは教育行政の基礎単位としての学区，すなわち教育行政区(域)としての学区であり，他の一つは就学･通学の地(区)域としての学区，すなわち通学区である。前者の学区の典型はアメリカにみられるが，それは一般行政区域とは別に設けられる教育行政区域で，この学区school districtに教育委員会が設置される。…

※「教育行政区」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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