Hollister Elementary School was one of several schools in its district to adopt a reform agenda initiated by the new district superintendent in 1995. This report tells the story of the school's adoption, implementation, and funding of the Success for All reading and Math Wings programs. The salient point is that the staff at the school managed to…

Under the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC's) e-rate program, schools and libraries can receive discounts from vendors on the cost of eligible telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections (the equipment needed to deliver these services). The discounts range from 20 to 90 percent, with higher discounts given to…

This paper describes how implementation of four key aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act can move schools closer to raising achievement for all students. These four aspects--accountability and testing, flexible use of federal resources, school choice, and quality teachers and quality teaching--can allow schools and districts to realize the…

Equity, the driving force of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, serves as the underpinning for an array of initiatives including the Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS). Sparse research exists on decision-making practices relative to equity measures associated with the distributions of KETS resources. The purpose of this…

This paper revisits 1997-98 findings that indicated that during the first years of state implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), states were most likely to implement the environment theory, which claims that children benefit socially and psychologically from being part of a household in which caregivers have jobs, and…

Almost all the funds appropriated to state agencies and institutions of higher education in Texas for the 2002-2003 biennium are provided through Senate Bill 1, General Appropriations Act, 77th Legislature. This report summarizes the higher education portion of that act. The all funds appropriation for higher education for the biennium is $14.6…

This report reviews the requirements for infrastructure for teaching and learning in United Kingdom universities and colleges of higher education. It assesses the extent of remedial investment required, using data from many sources, and sets out the conditions needed to manage this infrastructure on a sustainable basis. The report is primarily…

The economic crisis and the resulting financial squeeze of the 1980s led to reduced public funding support to education. The changing political view that continuation of public subsidies will reduce growth potentials of economies favored a market-friendly approach to development of education. The rate-of-return analysis gave currency to an…

In May 2001, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) asked higher education institutions in England to submit full 3-year strategies and action plans for widening participation. This document provides an overview of those strategies and plans and shows the development that has taken place since 1999, when institutions submitted…

This report examines school funding concerns in Pennsylvania and how they affect Philadelphia schools and, to some extent, the schools of Pittsburgh. The report presents a new way to look at issues of school funding equity and adequacy by trying to link the debates over high standards and the opportunity to meet them by defining adequacy around…

Attendees at the symposium did not agree that Indiana has a tax problem, and discussion about eliminating property taxes and establishing an alternative tax structure seemed inconsistent to many who participated. Attendees felt they did not have a clear sense of the objectives for a new tax plan. They were open, however, to continuing discussion,…

In 1996-97, forty percent of all students in New York state public schools attend schools in one of the nine high minority districts in which minority students constituted eighty percent or more of total enrollment. This report uses the downstate metropolitan region to analyze the effect of state aid policies on high minority school districts and…

This guide provides information on the cooperative audit resolution for program improvement. It offers guidance for resolving audit findings, as well as tips on how to use the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI). CAROI is a collaborative method to provide alternative and creative approaches to resolve audit findings and…

This document discusses trends in the supply and demand for higher education in England in order to raise fundamental questions about future student numbers and to encourage discussion of future policies. It examines the rapid expansion of higher education places in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the leveling off of growth in demand that…

In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court directed schools in 30 poor urban districts to adopt a comprehensive school reform program by the 2000-2001 academic year. Part of this program involved delegating resource-allocation decisions to the school level, thereby increasing schools' effectiveness and productivity by bringing the perspectives of…