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Market Signals: Evidence on the Determinants and Consequences of School Choice from a Citywide Lottery
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Glazerman, Steven; Dotter, Dallas – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
We estimate school-choice preferences revealed by the rank-ordered lists submitted by more than 22,000 applicants to a citywide lottery for more than 200 traditional and charter public schools in Washington, D.C. The results confirm previously reported findings that commuting distance, school demographics, and academic indicators play important…
Descriptors: School Choice, Evidence, Charter Schools, Public Schools
Seeing Red, Feeling Blue: The Impact of State Political Leaning on State Identification Rates for Emotional Disturbance
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Wiley, Andrew; Siperstein, Gary – Behavioral Disorders, 2011
Investigations of why students with emotional disturbance (ED) are underidentified in special education have often focused on economic factors and problems with the definition of ED. The present study focuses on variation in underidentification across states and its relationship to political ideology. State-level political, economic, and…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Identification, Special Education
Current Funds Revenues and Expenditures of Degree-Granting Institutions: Fiscal Year 1996.
Barbett, Samuel; Korb, Roslyn A. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
Presents data on revenues and expenditures of higher education institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996. Tables break revenues down by source, and expenditures by purpose. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Expenditures, Higher Education, Income
Health Status and Schooling Decisions of Young Men.
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Perri, Timothy J. – Economics of Education Review, 1984
The effects of health status on schooling attainment and earnings of young males are considered. Findings revealed that those with the most severe health problems obtain 20 percent less schooling than their healthy counterparts, and hourly earnings are reduced 17 percent directly and indirectly by health problems. (TE)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Diseases, Economic Factors, Health
Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 1998-99.
McDowell, Lena M. – Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
Provides estimates of key statistics for public elementary and secondary schools, including national and state data on revenues and expenditures and the numbers of teachers, students, and high school graduates. U.S. public schools enrolled approximately 46.3 million students, taught by an estimated 2.8 million teachers in school year 1998-99.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Estimation (Mathematics)
ERS--Local School Budget Profile Study.
Protheroe, Nancy – School Business Affairs, 1997
Presents data on school district expenditures for budget years 1996-97, 1991-92, and 1986-87, gathered by the Educational Research Service (ERS). Provides information on budgets; intragroup variations; trends in allocation patterns; personnel costs; school district revenues; and trends in revenue available from local, state, and federal sources.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Expenditures
Education Vital Signs: State of the States.
American School Board Journal, 1986
Presents a state-by-state report of vital school statistics in the following categories: per-pupil expenditures; average teacher salaries; federal, state, and local funding percentages; per capita income; poverty percentages; pupil-teacher ratios; enrollment; minority characteristics; and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Contains six charts that…
Descriptors: Charts, Demography, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education