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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Educational funding"”.
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Paths to Mathematics Success: A Path Analysis of Educational Expenditures to Math Outcomes of Latine Students
… difference scores to investigate the effects of funding adjustments on mathematics learning rates for Latine students. The theoretical framework integrated the Education Production Function with the QuantCrit frameworks to untangle the complex web of relationships associating educational funding …
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Characteristics Associated With The Effectiveness Of Resource Development Programs At Florida Community Colleges
As educational funding from traditional sources decreases and the cost of operating educational programs increases, community colleges are seeking ways to diversify funding streams and increase revenue. For many 2-year colleges, resource development, particularly the procurement of government …
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Historical review of financial equity in Missouri : 1993 foundation formula and amendments
Outstanding Schools Act (OSA) Foundation Funding Formula and subsequent revisions on the equity of statewide educational funding. This research considered the revenue per student per penny of property tax levy, the revenue per student, and the legislative decision to guarantee a minimum (hold …
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Loan debt burden, student experiences, and livelihood: A study examining relationships between students’ education costs, financial viability, and life impact
… within the framework of systemic disparities in educational funding and opportunities. It identifies declines in state funding across educational levels as a systemic and politicized issue, disproportionately affecting students in underserved and underresourced school districts. The study …
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Male Army Nurses: The Impact of the Vietnam War on Their Professional and Personal Lives
… Nurse Program began accepting men and provided educational funding and support. Additionally, Congress extended commissions in the Regular Army to previously excluded male nurses. Men answered the call and actively took advantage of the new opportunities afforded them by the demands of war. They …
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Claybrook v. Owensboro: Equality, Integration, and Struggle
… was one of the first challenges to equal educational funding under the Fourteenth Amendment. The definition of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause was vague and left blacks with little guidance about their new found constitutional rights. By analyzing the case along with …
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Efforts to equalize funding between wealthy and poor school districts in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
<p>Funding inequities between rich and poor school districts have been the subject of analysis, litigation, and policy decisions across the United States for almost four decades. Pressures for the reform of state educational funding systems have been driven by the national political trend toward …
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Foundations of Inequity: A Social Ecological Exploration of Colorado Rural School Leaders Lived Experiences
… (a) the decline in the availability of education funding; and (b) the decline in availability of rural-prepared leaders for Colorado's rural schools. Thus, the research question that guided this exploration was how can the lived experiences of Colorado's rural school leaders inform the evolution …
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Fiscal Equity for At-Risk Students: A Quanitative Analysis of the At-Risk Index Component of the New Mexico Public School Funding Formula
… was implemented in the New Mexico public school funding formula in FY 1996-97 and after the At-Risk Index was included for FY 1997-98. Formula options based on the premise of vertical equity were reviewed. This research was selected as the 2001 New Scholars Program Award sponsored by the American …
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The Educational Impact of Military Coup D'etats in Ghana on Education
… for Ghana’s education Reasons: education funding cuts, teachers were not paid salaries. This thesis argues that coup d’états by the military in Ghana has stalled the education trajectory of many younger generations in Ghana. However, this phenomenon is not relative to Ghana alone. Many …
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Three essays in development economics
… analyzing how intrahousehold allocation of educational resources in rural China responds to inequities in endowment between children. In the first chapter, I evaluate the impact of village-level land reallocations in China on household economic outcomes. Since land was decollectivized in …