Author: Allan OddenPublisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9781259922312
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oregon Blue Book
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oregon
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
School Finance
Author: Allan OddenPublisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9781259922312
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Financing Education Systems
Author: Bruce D. BakerPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of school finance, while establishing a firm understanding of the relationship between school finance systems to their broader economic, political and sociological context. Organization: This book is organized around (a) context, (b) equity, (c) adequacy and (d) productivity and efficiency. Research Base: This book is based on the best available and most up-to-date empirical research by leading scholars across the various fields related to school finance policy. Simulation Activities: This book inlcudes numerous spreadsheet simulation and data analysis activities. The authors have developed user friendly simulations with thorough documentation regarding the use and underlying assumptions of the simulation. Companion Website: Includes up-to-date, downloadable versions of all chapter simulations.
Making Schools Work
Author: Eric A. HanushekPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815717687
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Educational reform is a big business in the United States. Parents, educators, and policymakers generally agree that something must be done to improve schools, but the consensus ends there. The myriad of reform documents and policy discussions that have appeared over the past decade have not helped to pinpoint exactly what should be done. The case for investment in education is an economic one: schooling improves the productivity and earnings of individuals and promotes stronger economic growth and better functioning of society. Recent trends in schooling have, however, lessened the value of society's investments as costs have risen dramatically while student performance has stayed flat or even fallen. The task is to improve performance while controlling costs. This book is the culmination of extensive discussions among a panel of economists led by Eric Hanushek. They conclude that economic considerations have been entirely absent from the development of educational policies and that economic reality is sorely needed in discussions of new policies. The book outlines an improvement plan that emphasizes changing incentives in schools and gathering information about effective approaches. Available research and analysis demonstrates that current central decisionmaking has worked poorly. Concentrating on inputs such as pupil-teacher ratios or teacher graduate degrees appears quite inferior to systems that directly reward performance. Nonetheless, since experience with such alternatives is very limited, a program of extensive evaluation appears to be in order. Attempts to institute radical change on the basis of currently available information involve substantial risks of failure. Many people today find proposals such as charter schools, expanded use of merit pay, or educational vouchers to be appealing. Yet there is little evidence of their effectiveness, and widespread adoption of these proposals is sure to run into substantial problems of im
Resources in Education
Author: On Equality of Educational Opportunity
Author: Harvard UniversityPublisher: New York : Vintage Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Compilation of papers analysing the coleman report on equal opportunity in respect of education (educational opportunity) in the USA - includes papers on the effects of racial discrimination in public schools on achievement, an evaluation of the coleman rport as a guide to government policy, etc. References and statistical tables.
The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement
Author: Keith Curry LancePublisher: Hi Willow Research and Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
An analysis of Colorado schools and the effects of library media programs.
Equal Educational Opportunity 1971
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational equalization
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
District Leadership That Works
Author: Robert J. MarzanoPublisher: Solution Tree Press
ISBN: 1935542362
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Bridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces a top-down power mechanism called defined autonomy, a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountability supported by assessment tools. Defined autonomy creates an effective balance of centralized direction and individualized empowerment that allows building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.
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