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Miller, Richard M. – Educational Horizons, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Educational Problems
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Garms, Walter – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1981
Equity in community college finance can be considered in terms of equity among either community colleges, their students, or all public postsecondary institutions. Within each of these, one can examine equity to either providers or recipients of funding. Fragmentary evidence allows no conclusions yet in this area. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Expenditure per Student
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Katsinas, Stephen G. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2005
This chapter describes the dramatically changed external landscape in which community college leaders pursue state dollars and details how other spending priorities in health care, K-12 education, and corrections negatively affect the states' ability to fund community colleges.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Enrollment
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Karsten, Sjoerd – European Education, 2006
A critical issue facing European school systems and one with broad social implications is how to accommodate the different demands of a growing number of non-Western immigrants, particularly Muslims. "Historically, faith-based schools have provided a route for immigrants, refugees and minorities...to gain a foothold in their new country, yet…
Descriptors: Freedom, Role of Education, Civics, Values
Halstead, Kent – 1988
Quantitative measurements help with understanding the mechanics involved and the role of philosophy in legislative actions. Identification of the key factors and the sequence of decisions is a basic approach to the mechanics of state funding of public higher education. Charts are used to graphically illustrate the relationships and individual…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment, Financial Support, Full State Funding
New England Resource Center for Occupational Education, Cambridge, MA. – 1975
The evaluation study was undertaken to measure the progress of 15 elementary and secondary career education projects funded by the Rhode Island State Department of Education for 1974-75. Information was obtained from project proposals, teacher questionnaires, onsite observations of classroom activities, and conferences with teachers and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Full State Funding
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. Div. of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1972
The document clarifies an originally proposed program to provide Statewide funding for public elementary and secondary education in Rhode Island by reviewing, stepwise, the actual operation of the plan for establishing tax levies and determining grant allocations; examines the anticipated effects of this proposed plan on the tax rates in…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Full State Funding, Public Education
Texas Research League, Austin. – 1972
The U.S. District Court ruling in Rodriguez vs San Antonio Independent School District, which struck down Texas' school finance system as inequitable and unconstitutional, provided the impetus for publishing this interim report. The report documents the growing cost of State-supported public school programs--the primary concern prior to the…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Equalization Aid
Foster, Merle A. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The plan adopted in this study has been: (1) to make a correlation between the ranking of the various States in each of the items compared; and (2) to compare the various States with each other directly with a reference to the mean of the entire United States in those items. The Pearson coefficient of correlation points out the approximate degree…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Correlation, Reputation, Comparative Analysis
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Gordon, Cam – Montessori Life, 1994
Describes how, under the Minnesota Education Act of 1991, Bluffview school opened as one of several charter schools and the nation's first Montessori charter public school. Discusses the school's history and the compromises made to convert to a Montessori program. (ETB)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Legislation, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
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Peck, John E. – School Management, 1974
Discusses State finance reform proposals including full State funding. (Author/JF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
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Silard, John; Goldstein, Barrie – Journal of Law and Education, 1974
Now that the Supreme Court in Rodriguez has declined to promote instant reform under the Federal Constitution, a central question for resolution is whether courts and legislatures should be urged only to patch up the present school finance system or to replace it with a new one. This analysis urges abandonment of local funding of public education.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Flum, Joseph – 1980
The primary purpose of the education article of the Pennsylvania constitution is to maintain and support substantive education as a state function by offering free and equal educational opportunities. This book interprets and evaluates the mandates of the article and explains the dual subsidy funding formula prescribed by the legislature. In order…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equalization Aid, Full State Funding
Collister, Larry – 1979
The Seattle School District has experienced a steady enrollment decline over the last decade or more. Yet even when total revenues and revenue dollars per child are expressed in 1967 dollars, it is clear that the number of dollars spent per child on education is increasing. This is partially because it is not possible to reduce staff members as…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Full State Funding
National Association of State Boards of Education, Washington, DC. – 1972
Addresses by noteworthy educational experts comprise the bulk of this report. The main subjects covered by the speakers include full State funding, the Serrano and Rodriguez cases on educational finance, and National Assessment. Business meeting minutes and resolutions are presented in the appendixes. (JF)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Equal Education
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