The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementary and secondary education. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and was funded at $16.5 billion for FY2021.…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementary and secondary education. The Title I-A program is the largest grant program authorized under the ESEA and was funded at $16.3 billion for FY2020.…

As a provision of the Read by Grade Three law in Michigan, the state legislature appropriated funds through Section 35a of the State School Aid Code to assist Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) with employing early literacy coaches. Section 35a also provides funding to the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators Early Literacy…

As a provision of the Read by Grade Three law in Michigan, the state legislature appropriated funds through Section 35a of the State School Aid Code to assist Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) with employing early literacy coaches. Section 35a also provides funding to the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators Early Literacy…

As a provision of the Read by Grade Three law in Michigan, the state legislature appropriated funds through Section 35a of the State School Aid Code to assist Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) with employing early literacy coaches. Section 35a also provides funding to the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators Early Literacy…

As a provision of the Read by Grade Three law in Michigan, the state legislature appropriated funds through Section 35a of the State School Aid Code to assist Intermediate School Districts (ISDs) with employing early literacy coaches. Section 35a also provides funding to the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators Early Literacy…

This publication provides information on the flow of government funding for vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. The publication is based on 2022 data provided by the Australian, state and territory government departments responsible for administering funds for Australia's VET system.

Supplementary education, which is different from the formal education system, is more likely to reflect the other form of inequality in educational opportunities through the process of education. In China, supplementary education is generally divided into two sorts: academic-oriented classes and hobby-oriented classes. Using the dataset of China…

Education spending mandates are popular around the world, especially among central governments in large, decentralized nations, who find that they may be useful in influencing varied local fiscal behavior. I evaluate Indonesia's education spending mandate policy, which insists that district governments allocate at least 20 percent of their budgets…

Emerging research indicates an immense burden on children and families related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses data from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with early childhood service providers (n=19) to demonstrate the pandemic's impact on families with very young children and early childhood services in two high-need…

This study provides a gender analysis of public sector budgets in education sector of Punjab for the period of 2016 to 2018 from the preprimary to secondary level. The research methodology is based on review of secondary information and data, key informant interviews, stakeholder consultations, and a review of budgetary process. It helps in…

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many districts sought digital learning solutions to recover from learning loss, improve equity, and prepare for future interruptions. With this paper, we aim to provide information to policymakers and legislators regarding the value of resources needed to successfully implement comprehensive digital learning…

Human resource management (HRM), particularly within urban public school districts, cannot generate adequate resources to compensate for inflation and cannot offer adequate instructional programs similar to those found in larger districts, resulting in inequity in educational opportunities. Studies have emphasized the importance of staffing…

To address the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress authorized the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF I) in March 2020 with over $6 billion allocated for emergency financial aid. In this paper, we utilize the administrative burden framework to analyze HEERF I implementation for a stratified random sample of…

Social and emotional (SE) skills are interpersonal, self-regulatory, and task-related behaviors that are important for adaptation to and successful performance across all domains of life, including education and workplace settings (Casillas et al., 2015). Family engagement affects the development of these important skills (Brooks & Lambert,…