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Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Outlines the history, structure, and critiques of California's school finance system that it is inequitable, inadequately funded, and overly complex. Proposes principles for reform and a strategy to achieve them through small investments over time.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California
Education and Literacy
Analyzes small school design elements driving extra per-student spending, needed start-up and ramp-up investments, and impact on facility use and enrollment projections. Offers a tool for quantifying resource use and suggestions for effective allocation.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Southern)-Maryland-Baltimore, North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts-Suffolk County-Boston, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois-Cook County-Chicago, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois, North America-United States (Southern)-Maryland, North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts
Education and Literacy, Health
Outlines disparities in school nurse staffing; promising policies and funding strategies; the role of school nurses in the educational, healthcare, and public health systems; and the challenges they face. Calls for better coordination between sectors.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Examines how Massachusetts' 1993 inflation-adjusted mechanism designed to preserve funding equity among districts has not kept pace with healthcare costs and how it affects teachers, education materials, training, class size, and the neediest districts.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Northeastern)-Massachusetts
Disabilities, Education and Literacy
Examines the use of mediation and due process hearings in resolving disputes between parents and school districts over identifying disabilities and designing individualized programs. Analyzes trends in and predictors of higher rates of hearing requests.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California
Education and Literacy, Race and Ethnicity
Analyzes the rising shares of Hispanic/Latino, African-American, and Asian students in suburban public schools between 1993-94 and 2006-07. Examines to what extent minorities are isolated or exposed to other groups and how evenly they are distributed.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Disabilities, Education and Literacy
Provides an overview of the state's special education programs, including eligibility, enrollment, student performance, time spent outside regular classrooms, spending, and financing, compared to national trends. Considers policy implications.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California, North America-United States
Disabilities, Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Examines special education funding sources and processes at federal, state, and local levels in 2006-07 and the impact of a 1997 reform bill. Recommends equalizing funding rates across districts, with adjustments for poverty and labor market conditions.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California
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