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Ryan, Terry; Lafferty, Michael B.; Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Education Next, 2010
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's long and deep immersion in Ohio education policy, particularly in the charter-school realm, includes a half decade of direct experience as "authorizer" of several charters. Initially, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) was chief authorizer of charter schools in the Buckeye State. After the state…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Nonprofit Organizations, Politics of Education, Technical Assistance
Steck, Barbara A. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that investigated educational change within two innovative schools experiencing financial crisis. Data were derived from interviews with 14 educators (principals and teachers) and from observations of school board meetings. The two schools were: (1) the Team Academy, a nongraded K-6 school; and (2) the…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Exigency