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Donovan, Laura Fasbach – Association for Children of New Jersey, 2010
New Jersey's continued commitment to preschool is in line with a growing body of research that shows an investment in such programs produces both short-term and long-term gains for children, their families and their communities. In fact, a series of studies from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) in 2007 and 2009 found…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, School Districts
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Beneke, Sallee; Ruther, Gina; Fowler, Susan – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2009
The early childhood program matrix in this article delineates the various requirements of nine publicly funded programs in Illinois that provide services to young children and families. The first section of the matrix addresses the design of each program and logistics, such as funding, payment, eligibility, and amount of services. The second…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Human Resources, Early Childhood Education
Krupa, Erin Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this era of high-stakes testing and accountability, curricula are viewed as catalysts to improve high school students' mathematics performances and a critical question is whether single subject or integrated curricula produce stronger student outcomes. This study was designed to investigate the effects of an integrated reform-based curriculum,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation
Meyer, Katrina A. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2008
If higher education is a right, and distance education is the avenue for making higher education universally available, then who shall pay? This article asks (1) can state governments in the United States afford to fund this initiative and (2) can public higher education institutions in the U.S. fund this effort through capitalizing on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Online Courses, Paying for College
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Jacob, Merle – Tertiary Education and Management, 2006
The ideal of "bildung" as a goal for higher education and research (HER) in European Union member states is losing ground to more pragmatic goals such as innovation and growth. This shift in the policy perspective about the role of science in society has given rise to a system of multi layered governance which in turn is progressively…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accountability, Union Members, Science Education
Harris, Richard C. – 1976
Under Pennsylvania's relatively decentralized system that has considerable autonomy for local school boards, state control and state mandates have become matters of real concern to local school officials. Even in those districts that supply 90 percent of their funds from local taxes, state mandates produce extra costs. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Full State Funding, School District Autonomy, State Aid
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Plummer, Elizabeth – Economics of Education Review, 2006
In response to concerns over funding for school construction, the state of Texas has implemented two programs to assist school districts with construction-related debt. This paper examines whether these programs have accomplished their objectives of reducing property taxes (the Existing Debt Allotment (EDA) program) and increasing capital outlays…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Equity (Finance), Tax Rates, Debt (Financial)
Balchen, Bess – AIA Journal, 1973
Feelings about State funding of schools, how it works, what it portends are mixed in Maryland. With many another State seeing similar funding as an alternative to other ways of financing school construction, it is well worthwhile looking into all aspects of the issue. (Author)
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Full State Funding, School Construction, State Action
Bartik, Timothy J. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2006
"Employment Research" is published quarterly by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment and Research. Issues appear in January, April, July, and October. This issue of "Employment Research" presents an article that summarizes the author's study of the effects of high-quality universal preschool education when it is treated as an economic…
Descriptors: Full State Funding, Preschool Education, Labor Supply, Human Capital
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Michael, Deanna L. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2006
Educational reform has been an important area for debate in the southern states since the end of the Second World War. From desegregation to equity in funding, southern governors have pushed their states in the direction of their parties, their promises and their personal political beliefs. Some of these changes have been progressive in that the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Testing, Equal Education
American School and University, 1976
An innovative school renovation program is resulting in new media centers for six elementary schools and four relocatable kindergartens. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Education, Full State Funding, Learning Resources Centers
Meeks, Ronald L. – 1994
This annual report contains information on federal funding of the research and development components of agency programs as proposed by the administration for Fiscal Year 1995. Research and development data are classified into the same federal budget function categories as those used in the "Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Federal Government, Financial Support
Nolte, M. Chester – American School Board Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Full State Funding
Bender, David R.; Williamson, Estelle B. – School Media Quarterly, 1974
Outlines procedures and accomplishments of the Maryland State capital funding program for schools. (LS)
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Full State Funding
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Smith, William J.; Paquette, Jerry E. – Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 2002
Case study of educational finance in Quebec examines policy issues related to the transition from mixed funding (state and local revenue sources) to full state funding and then back to mixed funding. (Contains 59 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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