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Hahnel, Carrie; Marchitello, Max; Ali, Titilayo Tinubu – Bellwether, 2023
This report explains how the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act came to be and offers promising practices and lessons other states may adapt to their political and economic contexts. Through in-depth interviews with advocates and state leaders, the authors uncovered five factors that contributed to TISA's passage that have…
Descriptors: State Aid, Funding Formulas, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Finance
Lyn Sharratt; Peter Hayes; James Coutts – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Ten years ago, six teachers established a program of literacy intervention and professional learning in remote northwestern Australia based on the Reading Recovery principles. This group of teachers was determined to learn what had to happen in order for them to make a difference with students and then to make it happen. Their work led to getting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Literacy, Faculty Development
Werner, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation presents a historical case study of the Egg Harbor Township School District bond referendum that passed with an exceptionally high 92 percent of votes in January 2005. The methodology used in this study resulted in both an examination of the components of the New Jersey Public School District bond referendum process as well as an…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Educational History, Primary Education