This publication is part of a toolkit that examines systemic barriers to achieving economic self-sufficiency for court-involved youth. It highlights 19 exemplary policy initiatives that fall into the following five categories: innovative approaches, new ways to allocate funds and develop resources, ways to promote collaboration among various…

This tool was designed for district officials and related policymakers interested in analyzing a district's spending patterns. It describes a three-step process that focuses on the distribution of resources among schools and types of students. The process is illustrated with an example from the Cincinnati Public Schools. The tool should enable…

This study examined the role of school sub-city districts in determining the performance and efficacy of their member schools. A total of 846 low- and high-performing schools and sub-city districts were identified using a 3-year panel of data (1997-99) on New York City elementary and middle schools. These data were used to examine the differences…

Medicaid helps finance certain health services that eligible children, including those with disabilities, receive in schools, such as diagnostic screening and physical therapy. Medicaid is also authorized to reimburse schools' costs for certain administrative activities, such as conducting outreach and providing referrals to qualified providers.…

The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) is charged with improving library services throughout the state to ensure that all citizens have access to quality library and information services. Part of this charge includes the responsibility for receiving and administering federal funds to the more than 200 public libraries in Alabama. Federal…

The study of Educational Resources and Federal Funding (SERFF) examines the allocation and use of funds provided to school districts and schools through Goals 2000 and five of the largest Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs for the 1997-98 school year. It also examines how program funds are used for various strategies for…

This report responds to a Minnesota legislative requirement that required the Commissioner, with the advice of the Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) Advisory Committee, to "develop a system to recognize those teaching programs which serve higher numbers or high proportions of public program recipients and...report to the legislative…

Overcoming decades of labor, financial and performance troubles, the Chicago school system has enjoyed improving test scores 3 consecutive years, rising attendance, and labor peace under a new contract balancing the budget. Despite some criticism, the Chicago system enjoys reform successes in six areas: (1) improved governance; (2) greater…

This report presents Wisconsin Technical College System's projected 2000-01 cost allocation summary. This report includes the following schedules: operational costs and total budget summary; district total expenditures and revenues summary; staff analysis summary; materials fees and full-time equivalent (FTE) student summary; statewide operational…

This booklet reports on a study of food service functions in Texas schools. The report contains examples taken from previous school reviews and is based on the state Comptroller's instruction that the best practices identified by the Texas School Performance Review team be communicated to all the state's school districts. Some examples present…

All research intensive universities (RIU's) want to expand their scope of operations. Research performance is a key driver of institutional reputation which underpins a university's ability to generate revenues from all sources. Achieving an accelerating rate of growth of the virtuous cycle, in which increasing research performance enhances…

Educational technology so far has been mostly used as an add-on to existing inputs, whereas its chief use should be as a substitute for existing inputs, especially teachers. This substitution is presumably easiest in higher education, where teachers are not needed to keep order in class. Author presents a framework for thinking about costs, which…

Reducing the frustration of school principals and staffs who are working together to produce the best educational program possible can be achieved by letting each school allocate its resources for both staff and materials. (Author/WM)

The author writes in favor of gearing educational systems to long-term manpower requirements as he responds to Professor Mark Blaug's article ("Prospects" v2, n4, Winter 1973) which advocates cost-benefit analysis as a tool for educational planning. (JH)

Statistics representing attitudes of the world's governments concerning education in terms of public expenditure are compiled and presented in tabular form. Comparisions are made to expenditures in developed and developing countries for competing activities such as public health and military costs. (SM)