Explains why the lack of properly funded educational research hampers educational reform efforts and research quality, and why those research studies that present relevant and useful findings often never reach potential users. Argues that researchers must stop being timid and must aggressively take the lead in getting the funding needed for…

Concerned about maintaining schooling quality in a tight-money climate, parents and others are turning to local education foundations for needed dollars, equipment, and services. Although large philanthropic foundations have contributed significantly to public education since the 1950s, locally funded and operated education foundations have…

Examines the impact of the two U.S. Supreme Court cases setting forth school districts' responsibility to reimburse parents of students with disabilities for private-school tuition under certain circumstances. A review of published cases reveals that the courts are no more likely to decide in favor of parents than they were before the Supreme…

Since 1987, Indiana Middle Grades Reading Network, funded by Lily Endowment, initiated a variety of projects designed to promote young adolescents' reading. A Reading Bill of Rights was developed to create communities of readers. Some valuable lessons emerged: attention must be given to teens' reading needs; schools must be central; students need…

Describes Head Start on the Hill Day, an event organized by the National Head Start Association. The association set up a fully operational Head Start classroom on Capitol Hill to offer senators, representatives, and their staff a hands-on look at America's most celebrated antipoverty program at work and to strengthen their support of the program.…

Examines current debate and advocacy efforts to protect Head Start funding in light of congressional budget reductions. Presents appropriation and enrollment figures, and current proposed funding levels. Describes new directions in Head Start, including Early Start, collaboration efforts with public schools, and full day care. Highlights the…

Discusses the problem of decline in support for science and basic research. Argues that environmental science needs more recognition as a politically attractive funding mechanism to engage the efforts of young persons now enrolled in traditional graduate programs. Lists suggestions to provide incentives to encourage the development of new…

Discusses the plight of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and the University of the District of Columbia, both historically Black universities that are fighting for their existence due to declines in enrollment and funding and administrative problems. Individuals at each institution discuss the current crises and outlook for…

Reports on a nationwide survey of elementary teachers about factors relating to the acquisition of science equipment and materials, including the amount of personal funds spent to enhance their science instruction. Reports that the average amount spent per teacher totaled $199 with the maximum amount being $2000 and a sizable group not spending…

Ideas about parent and adolescent responsibilities were explored in a sample of 195 adolescent females, 192 mothers, and 153 maternal grandmothers to study generational differences. Survey results indicate that adolescents were more likely to link parental provision of material goods with autonomy issues than were their mothers or grandmothers.…

Examines the lack of support for the training and employment of clinical investigators to capitalize on the knowledge gleaned from decades of basic scientific research. Argues that this dilemma can be addressed by carefully defining and marshalling a coalition of institutions to support increased funding for clinical investigations. (MDM)

Describes the turnaround at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, which has long offered a solid liberal arts education in relative obscurity. The efforts of a new president, William Durden, have enabled the college to find its market niche and increase its enrollment and improve its finances. (SLD)

Discusses the ways the credit hour has come to be used by public funding systems in higher education. The literature review shows that the credit hour has become a barrier to innovation and a way to create systemic inequities between institutions or sectors in resource allocation. (SLD)

Equity consequences of school finance policy changes in Kentucky were studied. Findings indicate that Kentucky experienced marked improvements in equity as a result of school finance reform, including a narrower dispersion of pupil revenue and greater fiscal neutrality. Further adjustment could produce small gains in system equity, but at…

The failure of funding to keep pace with costs has led some colleges and universities to question the viability of continued operations in both information and instructional technology. Examines the differences between information and instructional technology, the functional areas of instructional technology in higher education, and the unique…