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Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Michael, Robert S. – Journal of Education Finance, 2008
In this study, we investigate the types of overlay provisions used in public school funding and the impacts that these provisions can have on equity, fiscal neutrality, and adequacy in school funding. We begin by reviewing the various overlay provisions that could be used by states. We then turn to an analysis of Indiana's 2004 foundation aid…
Descriptors: Public Education, Funding Formulas, Educational Equity (Finance), Foundation Programs
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Li, Xiaobin – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2010
The purpose of this study was to compare the foundation allocation and three special allocations for special-needs students, ESL students, and students with low socioeconomic status in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia to see what these special allocations look like as vertical equity measures. Because stronger measures are needed if…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Equity (Finance)
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Woodin, Tom; Burke, Penny Jane – Australian Educational Researcher, 2007
This paper draws on an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project on men (aged 18-54) participating in pre-university access and foundation programs in four London further and higher education colleges. Men's educational choices and decisions are analysed and discussed within current policy debates about widening…
Descriptors: Working Class, Middle Class, Foundation Programs, Lifelong Learning