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Batdorff, Meagan; Cheng, Albert; Maloney, Larry; May, Jay F.; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2015
Public education funding relies on revenues from a variety of sources, from local taxpayers to federal programs targeting students with specific needs. The vast sum of funding collected--in excess of $600 billion annually--often masks which entities fund the education of our nation's youth. Questions of funding adequacy and equity across school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Panettieri, Joseph C. – T.H.E. Journal, 2006
The wireless bandwagon is rolling across Mississippi, picking up a fresh load of converts and turning calamity into opportunity. Traditional wired school networks, many of which unraveled during Hurricane Katrina, are giving way to advanced wireless mesh networks that frequently include voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities. Vendor funding is helping…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Internet, Telecommunications, Computer Mediated Communication
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Brent, Brian O. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2002
In recent years, an increasing number of districts have turned to district education foundations (DEF) for added fiscal support. Similar in many ways to university development offices, DEFs are privately operated, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that solicit funds from individuals and businesses and then distribute these funds to public school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Philanthropic Foundations, Educational Policy