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Stier, Marc; Henninger-Voss, Eugene; Herzenberg, Stephen; Polson, Diana – Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 2021
It is well known that Pennsylvania's K-12 schools are inadequately and inequitably funded. But the extent of the problem is not fully understood. This paper uses new data and methods to demonstrate just how unfair--and in fact, morally unsustainable--the funding of elementary and secondary education is in the Commonwealth. It shows that the…
Descriptors: State Officials, Educational Finance, Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui – Public Policy Institute of California, 2014
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey provides policymakers, the media, and the public with objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. This is the 141st PPIC Statewide Survey in a series that was inaugurated in April 1998 and has generated a…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Public Opinion, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui – Public Policy Institute of California, 2012
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey provides policymakers, the media, and the public with objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. Inaugurated in April 1998, this is the 125th PPIC Statewide Survey in a series that has generated a…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Adults, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Ashby, Cornelia M. – Government Accountability Office, 2006
Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) designates federal funds to support the education of students with limited English proficiency and provides for formula-based grants to states. This report describes the data the Education Department used to distribute Title III funds and the implications of data measurement issues for the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Officials, Limited English Speaking, Community Surveys
Parrish, Thomas; Harr, Jenifer; Anthony, Jennifer; Merickel, Amy; Esra, Phil – American Institutes for Research, 2003
The Center for Special Education Finance (CSEF)--housed in the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and one of several research centers funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education--provides policymakers and administrators at all governmental levels with data, analyses, expertise, and opportunities to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Funding Formulas, Clearinghouses
Deffenbaugh, W. S.; Keesecker, Ward W. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1941
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: Educational History, State Boards of Education, Administrators, Administrator Responsibility