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Direct linkDonna Hale – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Education ensures that children from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed. Yet, the education provided for many K-12 students in the state of Texas may not be equal due to the allocation of school funds under House Bill 3 (H.B. 3). To date, the Revenue to Population (RTP) Index and other normalized statistical metrics have not been…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Resource Allocation
Chad D. Ellis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation is comprised of three separate yet related papers focused on Connecticut's new beginning teacher induction program: the Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) program. The study uses data collected from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with twenty two participants including program leaders at the Connecticut State Department…
Descriptors: School Districts, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Lindsey, Kathleen W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if differences in elementary reading comprehension achievement existed as a result of statewide implementation of the Alabama Reading Initiative post No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Research supports the premise that targeted instruction in reading comprehension yields increases in reading achievement for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction
Wall, Shelly R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In the 2006-2007 school year, the State of Wyoming adopted an evidenced-based school funding model. The Wyoming funding model reviewed in this study is considered an evidence-based approach, utilizing expert judgment to determine educational funding. In an evidence-based approach, educational strategies are identified and a dollar figure is…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Educational Finance, Educational Practices, Funding Formulas
Wiesman, Karen Wheeler – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Funding public schools has been an ongoing struggle since the inception of the United States. Beginning with Jefferson's "A General Diffusion of Knowledge" that charged the states with properly funding public schools, to the current day legal battles that continue in states across the Union, America struggles with finding a solution to…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Public Schools, State Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Bogel, Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2008
State digital libraries are manifestations of the diffusion of technology that has provided both "access to" and "delivery of" digital content. Whether the content is being accessed and used equitably in K-12 schools has not been assessed. Determining patterns of the diffusion of use across socioeconomic groups in K-12 schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Libraries, Educational Technology, Access to Computers
