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The Crisis of Michigan's Public School Funding and Its Influence on Human Resources Management
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Smart, Rajah E.; Caldwell, Phillip, II; Richardson, Jed T.; Sim, Grant – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2023
Human resource management (HRM), particularly within urban public school districts, cannot generate adequate resources to compensate for inflation and cannot offer adequate instructional programs similar to those found in larger districts, resulting in inequity in educational opportunities. Studies have emphasized the importance of staffing…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Finance, Human Resources, Personnel Management
Comparing Resource-Allocation Practices on Student Performance between Charter Public Schools and Traditional Public Schools
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Smart, Rajah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In response to an education-market demand to provide equitable solutions for underserved populations, the State of Michigan passed legislation that created public school academies (i.e., charter public schools) to leverage marketplace competition that addresses supply and demand among high-quality schools. Detroit, Michigan, has a large number of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Public Schools, Urban Schools
The Intersectionality of Educating Black Students in Michigan: Public School Finance, Racial Segregation, and Housing Policy
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Caldwell, Phillip, II; Richardson, Jed T.; Smart, Rajah E.; Polega, Meaghan – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2022
This research applies critical race theory to investigate Michigan's system for funding public schools, focusing on structural racism and discrimination embedded in education finance laws, housing policies, and residential and educational segregation. We find that the average Black student receiving free or reduced-price lunch (FRL) receives $411…
Descriptors: African American Students, Racial Segregation, Public Schools, Educational Finance