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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"school funding"”.
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Equity in Mississippi: a Study of Public School Funding
… of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding formula through an analysis of the base per-pupil per district allocation system. This study researches the levels of horizontal equity, vertical equity, and fiscal neutrality in relation to the equity designed in the original 1993 proposal. …
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White Representation in Neighborhood Schools: School Funding, Nonprofit Investment, and Academic Outcomes
… of White children in traditional U.S. public schools in 2010. I link schools to their attendance boundaries to compare the percentage of White children living in a catchment area to the percentage of White children who attend the local neighborhood school. I find that just under a third of …
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Public School Funding and School Systems Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress in Tennessee.
… if there was a relationship between level of funding and achievement of school systems in Tennessee based on the standards of the <em>No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)</em> of 2001. This study focused on Tennessee school systems and their adequate yearly progress <em>(AYP)</em> status of …
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A History of Establishment Clause Jurisprudence With Respect to Parochial School Funding
… in an Establishment Clause case concerning funding for parochial school students that set a course that has been marked by confusion in the Court, inconsistent decision-making, and ultimately the creation of a policy of accommodation that provides opportunities for parochial school students …
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Social makeup and public school funding effort and distribution in the United States
… is well documented that states differ in their funding for public schools, both in terms of the fiscal effort that is undertaken and the progressivity with which funds are distributed (e.g., the extent to which more funds are allocated to school districts whose demographic profiles suggest …
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A longitudinal analysis of the equity of public school funding in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
… was to analyze commonly used indices of public school funding equity for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the school years 1982-83 through 1992-93. The variables of market value of property, actual instructional expense (AlE), local plus state revenue (revenue), average daily membership …
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New Jersey's school funding policy from 2002 to the present and its impact on student achievement
<p>The purpose of the study was to identify how school districts were impacted by the state aid decisions made from 2002 and to then determine if there was a relationship between the excess or shortfall of state aid received and the achievement of students in each district during the same period as …
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The Illinois Farmland Assessment Laws: A Case Study of the Political Passage and Implications for School Funding, 1977-1980
… law as an independent variable, the impact on school state aid allocations and property tax liability shifts for a typical rural Illinois county is analyzed.
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The relationship between school funding and student achievement: A study of equity in select Illinois community unit school districts
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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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
… Index 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 …
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The effectiveness of indicators in measuring school based poverty A case study of the application of norms and standards for school funding in the Western Cape
… the application of the Norms and Standards for School Funding policy with respect to whether it fulfills its aims of equity and redress. The type, nature and weighting of indicators used in applying this policy at two previously disadvantaged Western Cape secondary schools, which have different …
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A comparative study of state funding models of basic education : implications for the provision of quality education
This study "A comparative study of state funding models of basic education: implications for the provision of quality education" is about funding of public education for quality education. The study compares public funding of public education of England, United States of America and Zimbabwe. The …
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The Relationship Between The Mississippi Adequate Education Program And Student Achievement In Mississippi Schools
The dissertation research examined the effects of school funding upon student achievement in Mississippi public schools from 2011-2012, 2012-2013, and 2013-2014. The detailed description of the MAEP and its relationship to revenues derived from ad valorem taxes and how they explain the primary …
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A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Funding Disparities on Public Schools
… study examines the relationship between public school funding and key educational outcomes across California, Texas, and Alabama. Funding is a critical factor shaping educational opportunity, influencing expenditure per student, enrollment trends, and district academic performance. Despite …
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Improving Equity and Adequacy in Illinois School Finance: Development of a Model
… investigates the theory and practice of state school funding in Illinois, for the purpose of developing a model for a system that might provide a more equitable distribution of funds to the public schools.
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Communication channels and the formation of attitudes toward funding public schools
… interpersonal discussion and attitudes toward funding public schools. Specifically, it investigated the effect of media use on the salience of funding for public schools and how it may be mediated by interpersonal discussion about local public schools. Data was collected from 513 parents and …
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Is it a fairer play? Effectiveness evaluation of China's funding mechanism for rural education
… enormous amounts of investment being poured into school funding, the main issue has shifted from inadequacy to inefficient and ineffective use of funds. This research project examines the ways in which education is funded in a relatively wealthy county and evaluates their effectiveness against two …
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Separate but equal? A look at Michigan public school districts
… Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that schools that are separate are inherently unequal and that the desegregation of schools should take effect with “all deliberate speed.” Decades later, there are still schools whose student bodies are comprised of over 90% minority students. The …
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The First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to access equal information in America's public schools
America’s public school system finds itself strongly challenged at a time when both domestic and world affairs call upon us to rethink the way we develop and prepare our country’s citizens. Unfortunately, countless students in school districts across the Nation daily receive unequal access to …
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Pro-poor education : an analysis of key policies guiding funding to basic education at a primary level in South Africa
… examines a key South African education funding policy, the 2006 Amended National Norms and Standards for School Funding, which has been promoted as one of the first pro-poor education funding policies in South Africa. We assess whether it is in fact aligned with the principles necessary …
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