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Direct linkAshley Rogers Berner – Harvard Education Press, 2024
In "Educational Pluralism and Democracy," education policy expert Ashley Rogers Berner envisions a K-12 education system that serves both the individual and the common good. Calling for education reform that will enable US public schools to fulfill the longstanding promise of American education, Berner proposes a radical reimagining of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Policy, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textAherne, Drew, Ed.; Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Towner, Christopher, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2020
"Children's Budget 2020" is the 14th annual release of this signature Children's Budget publication. While the COVID-19 health and economic crises have highlighted how important it is to put children and families at the forefront of budget decisions, far too often lawmakers fail to prioritize children when allocating federal resources.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Welfare, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Troe, Jessica, Ed.; Kayal, Michele, Ed.; Sasner, Conor, Ed.; Gomez, Olivia, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2022
"Children's Budget 2022" finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98% of the U.S. budget in FY 2022, producing remarkable declines in child poverty, hunger and the rate of children without health insurance. The report finds that the share of U.S. domestic and international spending on children rose…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Resource Allocation, Children
Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Merker, Rachel, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2019
"Children's Budget 2019" is a comprehensive analysis of how kids and families have been faring in the federal budget over the past five years. The book captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support,…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedBrianne Kramer, Editor – Myers Education Press, 2024
In recent years, the field of education has been fraught with a variety of different challenges. A multi-year pandemic, book banning, and legislative efforts seeking to ban Critical Race Theory and LGBTQ positive curriculum have had negative effects on K-12 education, leaving many educators feeling the progress made in several states and…
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Teacher Morale, Democratic Values
Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Troe, Jessica, Ed.; Sasner, Conor, Ed.; Gomez, Olivia, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2021
"Children's Budget 2021," the 15th annual Children's Budget analysis, is released as Congress stands at a proverbial crossroads for the nation's kids. For more than a decade, this report has documented mostly bad news, in which the share of federal spending for kids has sharply declined. But, as Congress grappled with how to respond to a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Welfare, COVID-19, Federal Legislation
Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Merker, Rachel, Ed. – First Focus, 2018
"Children's Budget 2018" captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training, tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs. To determine the amount of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Tekin, Erdal; Jones, Jacqueline; Kagan, Sharon L. – National Academies Press, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges in the early care and education (ECE) sector, including: preexisting structural flaws; insufficient funding mechanisms; sector fragmentation; inadequate support for the workforce; and inequalities, such as the lack of access to high-quality care among low-income, rural populations, and communities…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, At Risk Persons, Barriers
Merker, Rachel, Ed. – First Focus, 2017
"Children's Budget 2017" captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training, tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs. For each program listed, this…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Augustine, Catherine H.; Unlu, Fatih; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M.; Naftel, Scott; Gomez, Celia J.; Marsh, Terry; Akinniranye, Goke; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2019
Research evidence suggests that summer breaks contribute to income-based achievement and opportunity gaps for children and youth. However, summertime can also be used to provide programs that support an array of goals for children and youth, including improved academic achievement, physical health, mental health, social and emotional well-being,…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Monsif, John, Ed.; Gluck, Elliott, Ed. – First Focus, 2016
Federal spending dedicated to children represents just 7.83 percent of the federal budget in fiscal year 2016, and total spending on children's programs has decreased by five percent in the last two years, according to "Children's Budget 2016." The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Kyle, Sarah, Ed. – First Focus, 2015
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children's initiatives like education and child abuse and neglect prevention. They also include other investments that improve the lives of kids, like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamps). Following a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Bateman, David F., Ed.; Yell, Mitchell L., Ed. – Corwin, 2019
School leaders and special educators are expected to be experts on all levels and types of special education law and services, types of disability, and aspects of academic and functional programming. With the increasing demands of the job and the ever-changing legal and educational climate, many administrators and teachers are overwhelmed, and few…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Legal Problems, Special Education, Program Implementation
Kahlenberg, Richard D., Ed. – Century Foundation, 2012
The Century Foundation released The Future of School Integration: Socioeconomic Diversity as an Education Reform Strategy, edited by senior fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg. The volume seeks to answer important questions about how socioeconomic integration plans are faring and to provide guidance for how they can be sustained and expanded in the…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Student Diversity, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Change
Curran, Christina M., Ed.; Petersen, Amy J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
As classrooms are becoming more diverse, teachers are now faced with the responsibility of creating an inclusive classroom community. As such, researching classroom pedagogies and practices is an imperative step in curriculum planning. The "Handbook of Research on Classroom Diversity and Inclusive Education Practice" is an authoritative…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Classroom Environment, Guides, Federal Legislation
