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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Educational Finance"”.
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Superintendents' Perceptions of Educational Finance in Georgia
… study examined the method that has been used to finance public education. The theoretical and historical development of educational finance was examined as well as the judicial interpretation of the purviews of equity, equality and adequacy.</p> <p>In light of the foundation of educational …
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A Study of the Principles and Methods of Educational Finance as They Pertain to Greece Central School District #1
The question on how to properly finance public schools is an important one. In this study, the author explains the methods used in the State of New York. The Town of Greece is used to illustrate how these methods are used in a real life example. The revenue used for education comes from multiple …
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A Cost Analysis Decision-Making Model for School Administrators to Compare Costs of Handicapped Programs
… education programs attracted the attention of educational finance researchers and school officials. Cost studies evaluated achievement gains in students as a function of cost and the type of service delivery model (resource versus self contained), and provided cost indices for various …
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U.S. school quality: The public benefits of primary and secondary education
… quality using any of eight measures, including educational expenditures, tend to find a positive correlation with housing prices. Additionally, published studies tend to find a higher correlation than unpublished studies. The second essay aims to remove the endogeneity bias between educational …
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The evolution and effect of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's reports on Funding the standards of quality, part I and part 2 as seen through key actor interviews
… of political science, quantitative studies in educational finance, and methods of collection of oral history from participants. The focus of the study attempted to answer several key organizational questions. The findings indicated that a limited number of key actors provided an accurate …
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An Historical Analysis on Fiscal Equity in Virginia 1974-2003
… analyzed the data over the life of the current finance formula. Over this approximate thirty-year time period, the trends in fiscal equity among school divisions were determined. The purpose of this research was to provide a better understanding of the current status of funding equity for the …
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The Local Composite Index: A Critical Analysis
The purpose of this study was to develop an explanation for the volatile behavior of the Local Composite Index, Virginia's measure of public school division fiscal capacity. This study documented and analyzed the behavior of the mathematical and structural components of the current formula over the …
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Essays in Public Education
Chapter 1 introduces some of the issues which are addressed in the other chapters of this dissertation. These topics include: (1) the general equilibrium incentives in the provision of public education, (2) human capital production functions in economic modeling, (3) how public education spending …
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A Policy Advocacy Dissertation to Increase Transparency and Accountability through Social Return on Investment Analysis
<p>The connection between the funding of public schools and student achievement is complex. Facing dwindling revenue streams, schools and the communities they serve must begin to assess how effectively and efficiently school systems are utilizing federal, state, and local taxpayer resources. As …
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Rationale and Structure for Adequate Public Education: A Value Critical Approach
… to the financial systems used to distribute educational opportunity. Questions researched in this study were (a) In what manner might the tension of the paradoxical demands of community responsibility and individual rights housed within the principle of liberty be used creatively in the …
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Systemic Transformation for College and Career Readiness And Enhanced Social Return on Investment
<p>The transition in motion in the nation and in Florida has the potential to have a short-term adverse impact on high school graduation rates. The transition to more rigorous Florida Standards and their accompanying assessments are expected to promote improved college and career readiness and …
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Applying Social Return on Investment Analysis to a Large Central Florida County Public School District
<p>All social organizations are faced with basic questions pertaining to the value they add to their community and how effectively and efficiently they do so. These questions are increasingly being directed to public schools and school districts as well relative to the various programming they …