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Odden, Allan; Picus, Lawrence O. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Schools face the dual challenge of tighter education budgets and demands to raise achievement levels. Can this be done? The author argues that it can and has been achieved. The successful districts in some cases have transformed their strategic approach by focusing on costs; developing a new, more powerful school vision; identifying and allocating…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Instructional Improvement
Picus, Lawrence O.; Odden, Allan; Goetz, Michael – Foundation for Child Development, 2009
This study estimates the costs of providing a high-quality PreK-3rd education approach in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Relying on an Evidence-Based approach to school finance adequacy, it identifies the staffing resources needed to offer high-quality integrated PreK-3rd programs and then estimates the costs of those resources. By…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Finance, Costs, Cost Effectiveness