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Kogan, Vladimir; Lavertu, Stéphane; Peskowitz, Zachary – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Political scientists have largely overlooked the democratic challenges inherent in the governance of U.S. public education--despite profound implications for educational delivery and, ultimately, social mobility and economic growth. In this study, we consider whether the interests of adult voters who elect school boards in each community are…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Public Education, Voting, Boards of Education
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Beese, Jane A.; Simon, Carlee Escue; Sutton, Lenford C. – Leadership and Research in Education, 2015
We analyze the votes taken in the Ohio State Legislature pertaining to the establishment of six school voucher programs: The Ohio Scholarship and Tutoring Program, The Autism Scholarship, The Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship, The Educational Choice Pilot Scholarship, The Educational Choice Scholarship, and the Income-based Scholarship…
Descriptors: School Choice, Privatization, State Legislation, Educational Vouchers
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Cline, Kelly; Zullo, Holly; Duncan, Jonathan; Stewart, Ann; Snipes, Marie – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
We present a study of classroom voting in linear algebra, in which the instructors posed multiple-choice questions to the class and then allowed a few minutes for consideration and small-group discussion. After each student in the class voted on the correct answer using a classroom response system, a set of clickers, the instructor then guided a…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Voting, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
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Ingle, William Kyle; Johnson, Paul Andrew; Givens, Matt Ryan; Rampelt, Jerry – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
Using logistic regression, this study sought to understand the relationship between district characteristics, district finances, levy characteristics, and campaign expenditures with new operating levy outcomes. We found that employee benefits as a percentage of the district's budget were negatively associated with levy outcomes, while salaries…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Evidence, Stakeholders, Expenditures
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Johnson, Paul A.; Ingle, William Kyle – Journal of School Public Relations, 2009
Drawing from state administrative data and surveys of superintendents in Ohio, this mixed methods study examined factors associated with voters' approval of local school levies. Utilizing binomial logistic regression, this study found that new levies and poverty rates were significantly associated with a decrease in the likelihood of passage.…
Descriptors: Voting, School Taxes, Educational Finance, Predictor Variables
Baker, Matt; McCracken, J. David – 1991
This study explores the relationships between the percentage of successful property tax issues and community and school characteristics in rural school districts in Ohio. Data were obtained for 74 rural school districts between 1984 and 1988; sources were government statistics and a questionnaire survey of school principals. The dependent variable…
Descriptors: Athletics, Bond Issues, Community Characteristics, Educational Finance