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Education Week, 2021
Budget season isn't any easier for school finance officials this year than it was last year, when they were bracing for a pandemic-driven recession, extra expenses, and ever-changing logistical demands due to COVID-19. This second of three Quality Counts 2021 installments surveys school- and district-level leaders on their spending hurdles,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Villanueva, Chandra – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Beginning in 2018, the Texas Commission on Public School Finance, comprised of 13 members inside and outside of the legislature, will begin the task of studying and making recommendations to improve the school finance system. This five-part series prepares readers to engage with lawmakers and the school finance commission by providing background…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Legislation, Public Schools, Financial Support
Villanueva, Chandra – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Beginning in 2018, the Texas Commission on Public School Finance, comprised of 13 members inside and outside of the legislature, will begin the task of studying and making recommendations to improve the school finance system. This five-part series prepares readers to engage with lawmakers and the school finance commission by providing background…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Legislation, Public Schools, Financial Support
Education Week, 2018
The latest edition of "Quality Counts 2018" takes a detailed look at what is behind this year's school finance grades from the Education Week Research Center, first reported as part of the annual state-by-state ranking of the nation's schools released in January. Under the new "Quality Counts" format, this second of three…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, Educational Equity (Finance), Geographic Location
Villanueva, Chandra – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Beginning in 2018, the Texas Commission on Public School Finance, comprised of 13 members inside and outside of the legislature, will begin the task of studying and making recommendations to improve the school finance system. This five-part series prepares readers to engage with lawmakers and the school finance commission by providing background…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Court Litigation, State Legislation, Public Schools
Villanueva, Chandra; Lavine, Dick – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Beginning in 2018, the Texas Commission on Public School Finance, comprised of 13 members inside and outside of the legislature, will begin the task of studying and making recommendations to improve the school finance system. This five-part series prepares readers to engage with lawmakers and the school finance commission by providing background…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Court Litigation, State Legislation, Public Schools
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2019
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Early Learning." Contents include: (1) Current Proposals for Texas' Investment…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, English Language Learners, Student Needs, Student Characteristics
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2019
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Education Policy." Contents include: (1) Texas Legislature Concentrates on…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Legislation, Educational Finance, State Aid
Villanueva, Chandra – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Beginning in 2018, the Texas Commission on Public School Finance, comprised of 13 members inside and outside of the legislature, will begin the task of studying and making recommendations to improve the school finance system. This five-part series prepares readers to engage with lawmakers and the school finance commission by providing background…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Schools, Financial Support, Taxes
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Keeping the Public in Public Education." Contents include: (1) Texas Must…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy, Ed. – Education Week, 2017
With just months to go until the nation's overhauled K-12 law goes into effect, state policymakers are still scrambling to firm up the infrastructure for their education systems, under the new blueprint laid out in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). They're doing it at a time of political change and policy uncertainty at the national level,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Educational Policy, Public Opinion