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Baker, Bruce D. – National Education Policy Center, 2014
The University of Arkansas Center for Education Reform's report on charter school funding inequities proclaims large and growing inequities between school district and charter school revenues, even after accounting for differences in student needs. But the report displays complete lack of understanding of intergovernmental fiscal relationships,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Educational Equity (Finance), Equal Education
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Smith, Geoffrey, P. – Educational Leadership, 1993
Using educational vouchers for private schooling will aggravate the fragmented society that Jonathan Kozol visualizes in the November 1992 issue of "Educational Leadership." However, public schools of choice are desirable because they permit diverse teaching/learning styles, curricular emphases, or organizational structures to coexist…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Information Dissemination
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1992
In this report, Connecticut's Task Force on Charter Schools recommends enacting legislation to establish six pilot charter schools to begin operation in fall 1994. As public schools or educational programs operating under a State Board of Education charter, charter schools would be: committed to quality student outcomes; staffed and controlled by…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Governance
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Carter, David G.; Sandler, James P. – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Argues that the following steps will effectuate educational reform: (1) provision of more latitude and flexibility in school governance; (2) business commitment to using and upgrading the inner-city workforce; (3) consumer understanding of rights and options available within public education; and (4) government understanding of the danger of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Business Responsibility, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Margolis, Joan Glazer – Connecticut Law Review, 1978
Factors to be considered when developing a new formula for financing public education in Connecticut are discussed in light of the Horton v. Meskill ruling, which declared Connecticut's financing method in violation of the state constitution. Formulas used by other states that may be applicable to Connecticut are also examined. (SF)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Connecticut State Board of Higher Education, Hartford. – 1979
Recommendations of the Connecticut Board of Higher Education regarding changes in the organization and structure of the public higher education system are reviewed, and recent policy initiatives of the board concerning student access, program planning, and capital investment and financing are described. Additionally, the background for the board's…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgeting, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Finance