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Direct linkRusso, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 2010
Beginning in the early 1970s, plaintiffs initiated a veritable tidal wave of litigation over financing public education in states with unequal funding for students in poor school systems. In the only case on school finance to reach the United States Supreme Court, "San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez" (1973), the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Court Litigation, Public Schools, Educational Equity (Finance)
Phillip, Amara; Matthews, Frank L. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
This article presents an interview with Kentucky State president and APLU chairwoman, Dr. Mary Sias. President of Kentucky State University since 2004, Dr. Mary Sias added chair, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities to her list of titles in November. In that capacity, Dr. Sias is charged with being one of the chief advocates for not…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, College Presidents, Interviews, Administrator Attitudes
Butler, Tara A. – National Governors Association, 2009
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) leads a Mission Growth Working Group, which consists of states that are significantly impacted by the growth of military bases. The group includes state representatives appointed by the governors of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Facilities, Educational Demand, Population Growth
Peer reviewedMorrow, Mellissa; Robinson, Melvin L.; Stephenson, Andy – Technology Teacher, 2004
Since the inception of Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) in 2000 by the International Technology Education Association (ITEA), a number of changes have occurred in technology education programs at the state level. With the release of the latest standards publication, Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy (AETL) (ITEA, 2003),…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Technological Literacy, State Standards, Financial Support
Sexton, Robert F.; Clements, Stephen K. – 1996
While school reform has already dramatically altered the culture of education in Kentucky, the future holds daunting challenges. This chapter examines a few of the most difficult changes being implemented as a result of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), as well as conditions external to schools that markedly influence educational success.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Barwick, Woody J. – 1987
This paper discusses dropout prevention and "Forward in the Fifth," an innovative program for school development in the Fifth Congressional District of southern Kentucky. The program focused on formation of a support group that could give school systems sustained financial and educational support from community and business leaders.…
Descriptors: Administrators, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Duncan, Cynthia L. – Appalachia, 1986
Describes need to improve education in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District which has the lowest percentage of high school graduates in the nation. Reports peoples' perceptions of educational problems; details community financial support; provides comparative statistics on educational attainment, math and reading mastery, dropouts,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Economic Climate, Educational Attainment
Smith-Mello, Michal – 1996
Increasing public dissatisfaction with the cost and quality of higher education is creating pressure for fundamental change. Higher education is not as certain to produce a higher standard of living as it used to be, and costs are rising faster than the rate of inflation. Declining state contributions to higher education have shifted the financial…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Environment, Education Work Relationship
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Lexington, KY. – 1990
This is the revised edition of a 1985 report providing a wide array of recommendations for improving state educational programs in Kentucky. This second edition is different from the first in the addition of notes on the status of recommendations, in the revision of data in various tables, and in the addition of an introduction summarizing events…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedThro, William E. – Journal of Law and Education, 1990
In 1989, the supreme courts of Montana, Kentucky, and Texas declared their respective school finance systems unconstitutional. Explores why these cases represent a major change in litigation and will prompt a third wave of school finance reform litigation. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Lexington, KY. – 1985
Intended as a plan for action, this report provides a wide array of recommendations for improving the education of children and adults in Kentucky. Chapter I discusses teachers and teaching in terms of classroom and school conditions for teaching, continuing professional growth and development, professional advancement and evaluation, and teacher…
Descriptors: Administration, Classroom Environment, Community Colleges, Community Involvement
Peer reviewedSteffy, Betty E. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1992
Dr. John Brock was elected in 1987 for a four-year term as State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Kentucky. His official duties were altered by the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA). Dr. Brock answers questions that include his role as superintendent, the background of KERA, and his advice to legislators in other states. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Prickett, R. L.; Richardson, M. D. – 1990
The impact of state reform initiatives on Kentucky public schools is described in this paper, with attention to financial and facility repercussions. State legislative action in 1985 established class size limitations and new certification programs, which necessitated reorganization of the middle schools. Following the Kentucky Supreme Court's…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform
