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Kristen Hengtgen; Hector Biaggi – Education Trust, 2024
Research shows that when students have access to advanced coursework opportunities, they work harder and are more engaged in school, have fewer absences and suspensions and higher graduation rates. Unfortunately, many Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds lack equitable access to advanced coursework opportunities, such…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Access to Education, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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Hodges, Jaret; Ottwein, Jessica K. – Rural Educator, 2021
For nearly two decades, the state of Texas mandated gifted education services and provided funding to public school districts. One policy that was unique to the state was a mandatory minimum spending requirement. This research examines how mandatory minimum spending floors influenced spending in public school districts within the state and how…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Educational Finance, Financial Policy
Villanueva, Chandra Kring – Every Texan, 2021
In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3 (HB 3) -- an $11.6 billion school finance reform law that dedicated over $6 billion toward investments in education and $5 billion toward replacing school property taxes with state aid. The property tax cut portion of HB 3 is set to expand each year, costing the state more money annually without…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Taxes, School Districts, Educational Equity (Finance)
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Tajalli, Hassan; Garba, Houmma A. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2014
The study seeks to determine the underlying factors contributing to the overrepresentation of minorities in school disciplinary programs. Data from 207 Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) in Texas are analyzed. The data represent more than 62% of the student population of Texas school districts. Results support the hypothesis that…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Discipline, Nontraditional Education
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Edgerton, Adam K.; Desimone, Laura M. – AERA Open, 2018
Using state-representative teacher surveys in three states--Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky--we examine teachers' implementation of college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards. What do teachers report about the specificity, authority, consistency, power, and stability of their standards environment? How does their policy environment predict…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Edgerton, Adam K.; Desimone, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Using state-representative teacher surveys in three states--Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky--we examine teachers' implementation of college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards. What do teachers report about the specificity, authority, consistency, power, and stability of their standards environment? How does their policy environment predict…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness