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Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe – Educational Researcher, 2015
This essay describes the economic, social, and civic benefits of college in prison. Turning to history, it describes the unfortunate 1994 decision to eliminate Pell Grant eligibility for people in prison and argues that the time is now right to reverse that policy. Finally, it describes several ways in which scholars of education can contribute to…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Student Financial Aid
Matlach, Lauren – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2015
Evaluation studies can provide feedback on implementation, support continuous improvement, and increase understanding of evaluation systems' impact on teaching and learning. Despite the importance of educator evaluation studies, states often need support to prioritize and fund them. Successful studies require expertise, time, and a shared…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, State Aid
Hearn, James C. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2015
With the advent of outcomes-based funding policies, state policymakers are increasingly committed to basing public college and university funding on how institutions perform on valued measures such as program progress and degree completion. This rising emphasis is considered here in the historical context of three earlier state funding approaches:…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational History, Context Effect
Fullerton, Jon; Roza, Marguerite – George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2015
Many state education leaders are taking a fresh look at their school finance formulas in hopes of finding ways to contain costs and get more for their dollar. That is an understandable response given that education is the largest item on most state budgets. This paper examines how current funding practices lead to inefficiencies, particularly…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Educational Policy, Expenditures, Educational Finance
Koedel, Cory; Xiang, P. Brett – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2015
We use data from workers in the largest public-sector occupation in the United States -- teaching -- to examine the effect of pension enhancements on employee retention. Specifically, we study a 1999 enhancement to the benefit formula for public school teachers in St. Louis that resulted in an immediate and dramatic increase in their incentives to…
Descriptors: Government Employees, Public School Teachers, Public Sector, Retirement Benefits
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Malin, Joel R. – Journal of Education Finance, 2016
States differ markedly in their funding for public schools, both in terms of the fiscal effort their citizens demonstrate and the progressivity with which funds are distributed. Yet, less is known about why different states have enacted such different policies and financing systems. In this study, the relationships between a measure of states'…
Descriptors: Prediction, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Ideology
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Riddell, Sheila – Scottish Educational Review, 2016
Despite the Scottish Government's frequent affirmation of its commitment to social justice principles, there has of late been a recognition of the need for firmer action to tackle the social class gap in higher education participation, reflecting wider social inequalities in Scotland. In a recent policy statement, Angela Constance, Cabinet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy
Iowa Department of Education, 2016
The pathways for academic career and employment program (PACE) is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gain. This is the second…
Descriptors: Career Education, Job Training, Outreach Programs, State Programs
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Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Ntenga, Lydia – Industry and Higher Education, 2015
The trends and the trajectory of higher education research expenditure in South Africa since the introduction of the New Funding Formula in 2004 have been analysed. The paper also compares the level of South Africa's total gross expenditure on research and development with those of other selected economies. The findings show that following…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Research, Expenditures
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Taylor, Barrett J.; Morphew, Christopher C. – Higher Education Policy, 2015
"Cost­-sharing" refers to the principle that a variety of sources contribute to the cost of higher education. This study utilizes university-­level data from the United States to explore the increasing shift of cost burdens from governments to students. Panel regression results suggest that the share of expenditures drawn from tuition…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Costs, Regression (Statistics), Expenditures
Fox, Christine; Jones, Rachel; Neugent, Lan – State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2015
In 2015, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) administered the Digital Instructional Materials Survey regarding state policies and guidelines for the acquisition, vetting, and funding of instructional resources for all 50 states, Guam, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Based upon this survey,…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, State Policy, Guidelines, State Surveys
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Marsh, Julie A.; Hall, Michelle – American Educational Research Journal, 2018
This article seeks to deepen our understanding of the nature and quality of democratic participation in educational reform by examining the first-year implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) mandating civic engagement in district decision-making. Drawing on democratic theory, empirical literature, and data from 10…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democracy, Democratic Values, Public Administration
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lipscomb, Stephen – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Several states and the federal government distribute aid for special education programs based primarily on total district enrollment and a fixed aid amount per student, a method called "census funding." In this policy brief, we address three questions to help policy makers, educators, and researchers better understand census-funding…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Enrollment
New Mexico Public Education Department, 2016
K-3 Plus was established in 2007 as a six-year pilot project that permitted schools with high numbers of at-risk students to begin the school year 25 days earlier for kindergarten through third grade. The purpose of the K-3 Plus program is to demonstrate that increased instructional time in kindergarten and the early grades narrows the achievement…
Descriptors: Public Education, Annual Reports, Early Childhood Education, Pilot Projects
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Rolle, R. Anthony; Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar – Journal of Education Finance, 2014
The general purpose of this article is to extend the examination of previous efficacy analyses of Texas' education finance system by paying particular attention to the ability of the Texas Foundation School Program (FSP) to generate revenue to support ELL educational activities. This article will examine the efficacy of formula components within…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Financial Support, State Aid
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