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Gershberg, Alec Ian; Schuermann, Til – Economics of Education Review, 2001
Performs empirical tests of the Mexican federal government's state-level education expenditures and examines changes in allocation patterns by comparing 1980 and 1990 cross-sections. Unlike other Latin American countries, where formulated grants are made to subnational jurisdictions, the Mexican allocation pattern seems neither rational nor…
Descriptors: Econometrics, Educational Equity (Finance), Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Bowlby, Brenda; Komlen, Mile – School Business Affairs, 2000
Canadian school board administrators are increasingly expected to meet the needs of disabled or other students requiring specific types of accommodation. The duty to accommodate arises when otherwise legitimate school rules or policies affect the customs and observances of nonmajoritarian religions. (Contains 12 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Boards of Education, Civil Liberties
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Uchitelle, Susan – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2000
South Africa and the United States face similar problems: teachers' inadequacies in educating an increasingly diverse population; a culture of poverty undermining public support; urban decay and declining tax bases; insufficient resources; totally inadequate school facilities; and unrealistic expectations, considering allotted resources, faculty,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Desegregation Effects, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Richard, Alan – Education Week, 1999
Idaho's patchwork-quilt way of financing schools does not provide enough stable financial resources for many rural schools. Tax levies are sometimes unsuccessful. Some rural districts have depended on forest revenues, but this source dwindled following new environmental policies. Federal legislation may return a portion of forest revenues, but…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support
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Romano, Richard M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2005
This chapter argues that a relatively high tuition, high financial aid policy is the most equitable and efficient way to fund community college operating budgets and promote access.
Descriptors: State Aid, Tuition, Student Financial Aid, Financial Support
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Thomas, Janet Y.; Brady, Kevin P. – Review of Research in Education, 2005
This chapter traces the legal, legislative, and political history of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Focusing attention on the various related educational reform movements, it discusses the federal role in education policy in the context of its influence on ESEA and the legislation's related amendments. Also, the authors examine…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Equal Education
Kulich, Jindra – 1993
This seventh volume of the bibliography contains 891 items. An introduction discusses previous volumes in the series, countries covered, and organization of the bibliography. Periodicals searched and the 20 categories used throughout the bibliography are listed. Selected items represent the broadest possible concept of adult education. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Annotated Bibliographies, Apprenticeships
Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 1994
This booklet describes British efforts to develop a world-class, highly skilled work force. The booklet examines the following topics: Britain's training framework (the National and Scottish Vocational Qualification system and national targets for foundation and lifetime learning and training); strategies for developing a flexible qualification…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Mortenson, Thomas G., Ed. – Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 1994
This document is a collection of 12 issues of a monthly newsletter on public policy and postsecondary education opportunity trends. Each issue contains one or two main articles providing an analysis of research on trends in postsecondary education. The major articles in these issues are: (1) "Children, Family Income and College…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Freshmen
Angel, Dan, Ed.; DeVault, Mike, Ed. – 1991
As community, technical, and junior colleges approach the 21st century, faculty shortages, an increasingly diverse student body, dwindling financial resources, and accountability mandates will require careful, action-oriented college planning. This two-part book presents 10 articles on the dynamics of planning and specific planning models, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, College Planning, Community Colleges
Twining, John – 1993
This monograph examines vocational education and training (VET) in the United Kingdom. Section 1 outlines the UK's political and administrative structure, population and employment, and economy. The following are among the aspects of the UK's VET system discussed in section 2: evolution of the system; organization of education and training (the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Career Guidance, Continuing Education
Kulich, Jindra, Comp. – 1984
This bibliography contains 682 listings covering English language materials on adult education in Europe published during 1980-82. Materials were chosen in accord with a broad definition of adult education that includes vocational education for adults; training in business and industry; adult secondary and postsecondary study; activities of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Vines, Diane Welch – 1983
The National Adult Literacy Initiative calls for a collaborative effort among the public, private, voluntary, and military sectors to address more effectively illiteracy through adult education. One of the first points in the initiative calls for continued educational services funded by the federal government and administered by the states. Other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
During the 1980-81 school year, enrollments in vocational education programs totaled nearly 16.9 million and federal, state, and local capital outlays for vocational education increased by approximately $470 million from 1979-80 to an all-time high of $7.3 billion. Vocational education also served significantly increased numbers of handicapped,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal)
Mitchell, Douglas E.; And Others – 1986
This paper reports a 2-year study of education policy that sought to identify, describe, and analyze the essential building blocks of state-level education policy and to discover the factors responsible for creating differences among states in their use of these elements to construct an overall framework for school regulation and support. Sample…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
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