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Pianta, Robert C., Ed.; Howes, Carollee, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
High-quality pre-K that really improves children's outcomes--that's the goal early childhood professionals will work toward with this groundbreaking text, the first volume in the NEW National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) series. Combining the most current knowledge of top researchers, policy makers, and federal and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Newman, Frank – 1987
This discussion of the state/university relationship addresses the ways in which states and universities can achieve relationships that are constructive for both parties. The following chapters are presented: (1) "Choosing Quality" (includes policy, interest in quality, university role, trends in state/university relationships, and resources); (2)…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Role, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Guthrie, James W. – 1975
Behind the concept of power equalization is the assumption that at any specified tax rate every school district in a State, regardless of wealth, has the same dollar resource level per pupil. A State established schedule of local district funding level choices related to tax rates is essential; however, tax levels are always a product of the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Ojo, J. D. – 1990
This book examines the legal issues and problems surrounding the administration of higher education in Nigeria. It focuses on the need for each university to have a legal unit to handle the legal problems of staff, students, and those in the neighboring community. Further, it addresses the problems currently found within the academic community…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
Wood, R. Craig; Thompson, David C. – 1993
This book offers an overview of educational finance law and examines constitutional challenges to state aid plans. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to education finance litigation, including the early history of education finance litigation and early education finance theory. Chapter 2 discusses the states' responsibilities for providing equal…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Benson, Charles S. – 1975
Full State assumption of educational finance would (1) distribute educational resources according to children's learning needs, rather than local property values, (2) provide a wide range of subject and topic choices to students, (3) remove financial barriers now confining low income areas, (4) encourage State governments to raise educational…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Lindman, Erick L. – 1975
This is the first in a series of monographs on current issues, problems, and practices in school administration. It is intended to provide experienced school administrators with a general review and a fresh look at various problems of school finance; school board members, State legislators, and members of Congress with a better understanding of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Equalization Aid
Saville, Anthony; Kavina, George – 1977
This book describes Nevada's system of education, its historical development, how the schools are organized and financed, what is taught, and who is qualified through what procedures to teach. Seven chapters cover the following subjects: (1) Nevada's natural resources--geography, climate, people, schools and countries and school enrollments; (2)…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum Design, Educational History, Educational Legislation
King, Richard A.; Swanson, Austin D.; Sweetland, Scott R. – 2003
This third edition of this book explores traditional economic and political models and contemporary issues that affect the social, political, and economic state of schools. Like the previous two editions, this edition takes a balanced approach to understanding school finance issues by using paradigms of both the economist and the political…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Educational Improvement