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Ingle, W. Kyle; Petroff, Ruth Ann; Johnson, Paul A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2011
Using Levin and McEwan's (2001) "ingredients method," this study identified the major activities and associated costs of school levy campaigns in five districts. The ingredients were divided into one of five cost categories--human resources, facilities, fees, marketing, and supplies. As to overall costs of the campaigns, estimates ranged…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Human Resources, Costs, School Districts
Wheatley, Vicki Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The relationship between components of the local school district report card, school district typology, and the outcome of public school tax levy requests were examined in this study. A correlation research design was used to measure the relationship between the independent variables (performance index, average yearly progress, value added,…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Correlation, School Statistics, Student Records
Ohio Board of Regents, 2013
This document is the final report on Central State University's implementation of Section 371 of Ohio Amended Substitute House Bill 153. Implementation of Phase I action items required that deliverables and timelines be shifted to give Central State the best opportunity for early success. In Phase II, Central State responded aggressively to a…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Higher Education, College Administration, Governance
Schulick, Scott R.; Anderson, Cynthia E. – Trusteeship, 2010
Presidents and boards deal with great uncertainty all the time. Today, however, many of them also face a troubling certainty: Business as usual is the road to failure. The trend lines of revenue and expense, once aided by marginal income from growing enrollments, once amenable to marginal annual balancing tweaks, and once cushioned by reserves,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Tuition, College Administration, College Presidents
Travis, Jon – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
American public higher education is in trouble. Besieged by declining state and Federal support for more than 30 years, public colleges and universities are facing a "game-changing" set of challenges that threaten to alter the very nature of the institutions. As two recessions withered state budgets in the first decade of the 21st…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Privatization, Educational Trends, Retrenchment
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2012
In times of economic uncertainty, community colleges have consistently turned to the experience of past generations as an avenue toward innovation and the modernization of their programs and services. Community colleges have been able to continuously reinvent themselves to serve the ever-changing needs of society. With President Obama's increased…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Climate, Data Collection, Listening
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
Ohio has made tremendous strides in education reform over the past half year. Yet even regarding these accomplishments, the work is not done. Virtually all of the state's recent education policy changes come with implementation challenges and sustainability concerns. This paper presents a list that offers praise for the positive changes Ohio has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
Ohio Board of Regents, 2012
In December of 2011, a team of eight consultants authored a report to the Ohio Board of Regents and Central State University titled "Accentuating Strengths/Accelerating Progress (AS/AP)." AS/AP provided a road map for the administration, faculty, and staff of CSU to achieve the excellence it has sought under the leadership of President…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Higher Education, College Administration, Governance
Ohio Board of Regents, 2012
On May 31, 2012, Central State University submitted the Phase I Report detailing progress made in support of the plan to increase enrollment, improve course completion and increase the number of graduates. The report detailed accomplishments made in support of the following Phase I action items: (1) Identification of Three Degree Partnerships in…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Higher Education, College Administration, Governance
Dickman, Anneliese; Allen, Vanessa; Henken, Rob – Public Policy Forum, 2011
The recent appointment of a new superintendent, the need for priority-setting in the face of dramatic state budget cuts, and increased national attention on school reform have elevated the performance of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) to the forefront of local media and civic attention. Consequently, the need for an understandable and commonly…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, School Districts, Accountability
Schilder, Diane; Kimura, Stephanie; Elliott, Kim; Curenton, Stephanie – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011
As state-funded pre-K programs expand--more than 1 million children currently attend such programs--there is debate about the impact of state-funded pre-K on the quality and supply of child care for low-income working families. This policy brief looks at state policies and regulations regarding pre-K expansion that have the potential to positively…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Program Effectiveness, Child Care, Preschool Education
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Baker, Bruce D. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2009
This study explores within-district fiscal resource allocation across elementary schools in Texas and Ohio large city school districts and in their surrounding metropolitan areas. Specifically, I ask whether districts widely reported as achieving greater resource equity through adoption of Weighted Student Funding (WSF) have in fact done so. I…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Educational Equity (Finance), Costs
Miller, Lawrence J.; Gross, Betheny; Ouijdani, Monica – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2012
In the era of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, school districts are under increasing pressure from policymakers to hold all students to high performance standards. In response, a growing number of schools are embracing the principles of student-centered learning (SCL). SCL is a contemporary approach that combines progressive and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, School District Spending, Student Centered Curriculum
Hill, Paul T. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's education plan calls for modernizing Ohio's K-12 education system, including the state's school-funding system, but the plan's so-called "evidence-based" approach would actually scuttle any modernizing efforts, argues this study issued by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. The governor's funding plan, says…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Instructional Effectiveness, Resource Allocation
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Logan, Debra Kay – Teacher Librarian, 2009
During the 1990's, the Ohio DeRolph Supreme Court case resulted in Ohio's educational funding system being declared unconstitutional. The Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA) knew the state could not reinstate a mandate for teacher-librarians without the state funding the positions. Leadership for School Libraries (L4SL) was formed…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Finance, Government Libraries, School Libraries
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