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Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Michael, Robert S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2008
In this study, we investigate the types of overlay provisions used in public school funding and the impacts that these provisions can have on equity, fiscal neutrality, and adequacy in school funding. We begin by reviewing the various overlay provisions that could be used by states. We then turn to an analysis of Indiana's 2004 foundation aid…
Descriptors: Public Education, Funding Formulas, Educational Equity (Finance), Foundation Programs
Jehl, Jeanne – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2007
Partnerships among schools, families, and community organizations can reconnect urban schools to their communities and improve results for young people and their families. This report provides an overview of Casey's investment philosophy and strategies, and its approach to defining and documenting grantmaking results. The report highlights the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Partnerships in Education, Community Organizations, School Community Relationship
Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Michael, Robert S. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2004
Individual states have a long tradition of providing financial support for their public K-12 schools. This support reflects the state's constitutional requirement to educate its citizens. However, states vary widely in both the amount of funding provided to public schools, and the distribution of funding among schools. The fundamental observation…
Descriptors: Foundation Programs, Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance
Colglazier, Jerry M. – 1976
This paper presents the results of a study that tabulated statistics concerning Indiana science teachers who had participated in NSF-sponsored educational programs. The study yielded 25 major conclusions, including the following: science teachers who had attended NSF-sponsored teacher education programs prior to the spring of 1973 tended to be…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foundation Programs, Science Education, Science Teachers
Johnson, Rolland C.; And Others – 1974
This study was made to evaluate the success and potential of the Columbus Video Access Center (VAC) and compare it with other access organizations operating throughout the nation. Basic trends, issues and problems now confronting public access television were related to Columbus, Indiana. The survey data were collected by: (1) telephone…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Audiences, Cable Television, Comparative Analysis
SMITH, GEORGE E. – 1966
WITH A 1962 GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF A COORDINATED 10-YEAR PROJECT DESIGNED TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE, THE INDIANA LANGUAGE PROGRAM (ILP) PROPOSED, WITH THE COOPERATION OF OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS, TO UPDATE PROGRAM METHODS AND OBJECTIVES IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Language Programs, Community Action, Cooperative Programs