California 2025: Planning for a Better Future

Education and Literacy, Energy and Environment, Government Reform

California 2025: Planning for a Better Future

Provides overviews of issues, underlying factors, projections, and policy outlook for the state's budget, climate change effects, economy, education, population, transportation, water management, and workforce.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Resolving Special Education Disputes in California

Disabilities, Education and Literacy

Resolving Special Education Disputes in California

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

School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept

Education and Literacy, Government Reform

School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept

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

Philadelphia's Changing Schools and What Parents Want From Them

Education and Literacy

Philadelphia's Changing Schools and What Parents Want From Them

Based on a survey, examines parents' expectations from and perceptions of school reforms, performance, and options among district-run, charter, private, and Catholic schools; priorities; and challenges by race/ethnicity, age, and income.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Northeastern)-Pennsylvania, North America-United States (Northeastern)-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia County-Philadelphia

Special Education Financing in California: A Decade After Reform

Disabilities, Education and Literacy, Government Reform

Special Education Financing in California: A Decade After 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

Putting Performance on the Map: Locating Quality Schools in the Kansas City, Missouri School District

Education and Literacy

Putting Performance on the Map: Locating Quality Schools in the Kansas City, Missouri School District

Analyzes enrollment, capacity, location, and performance data for KCMSD and charter schools and examines the effects of closures, restructuring, and teacher layoffs on students. Recommends strategic coordination to meet student needs and state standards.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Kansas-Wyandotte County-Kansas City, North America-United States (Midwestern)-Missouri

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