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An Analysis Of Estimated Financial Savings From School District Consolidation, De-Regulation, And De-Politicization Of Public Schools In One Congressional District, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

An Analysis Of Estimated Financial Savings From School District Consolidation, De-Regulation, And De-Politicization Of Public Schools In One Congressional District, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

No abstract provided.


Will Your School Corporation’S Debt Exceed Capacity?, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

Will Your School Corporation’S Debt Exceed Capacity?, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

Criteria for communities to use to assess whether the community can afford a school bond issue are discussed.


Yes, Indy Schools Are Broken, But They’Re Not The Only Ones, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

Yes, Indy Schools Are Broken, But They’Re Not The Only Ones, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

A discussion of school governance in Indianapolis Public Schools and in school districts throughout Indiana.


An Inside Look At How Indiana Educrats Expand A Federal Law, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

An Inside Look At How Indiana Educrats Expand A Federal Law, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

A discussion on how Indiana lawmakers and state department officials have expanded the rights of special education students and parents.


The Politicians Still Don’T Get It: The Corruption Of Public Education, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

The Politicians Still Don’T Get It: The Corruption Of Public Education, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

Indiana politicians and school reform are discussed.


An Historical Comparison And Analysis Of School Laws Enacted By The Indiana General Assembly During Four Selected Decades (2007)., Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

An Historical Comparison And Analysis Of School Laws Enacted By The Indiana General Assembly During Four Selected Decades (2007)., Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This was a study of four selected decades to determine if the Indiana General Assembly was increasing the amount of school statutes in Indiana.


Freedom Schools: A Third Dimension To The Upcoming Debate Over The Consolidation Of Indiana Government Schools, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

Freedom Schools: A Third Dimension To The Upcoming Debate Over The Consolidation Of Indiana Government Schools, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

No abstract provided.


The Bright: Government Schools, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

The Bright: Government Schools, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

A discussion of reforming public school governance systems in Indiana.


Theories In Support Of Teacher And Principal Empowerment As Proposed By The Freedom School Model Of School Governance, Jeff Abbott Sep 2011

Theories In Support Of Teacher And Principal Empowerment As Proposed By The Freedom School Model Of School Governance, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

A study of the theories of teacher empowerment and a discussion of the freedom model of school governance that empowers teachers and principals.


Constructing A University/Public School Partnership: Scholar-Practitioner Pursuits., Jeff Abbott, Barry Kanpol Sep 2011

Constructing A University/Public School Partnership: Scholar-Practitioner Pursuits., Jeff Abbott, Barry Kanpol

Jeff Abbott

A discussion on how universities can work with public school teachers and administrators to improve educational services.


White Paper: Projected Savings From School Reform, Jeff Abbott Aug 2011

White Paper: Projected Savings From School Reform, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This paper explores possible school district savings from deregulation, de-politicization, and consolidation of school districts in Delaware County, Indiana. The author projected a 4.5 million dollar savings by the Indiana legislature changing the school districts' governance structures in Delaware County, Indiana.


Bennett Plan Aims To Fast-Forward Education Gains, Jeff Abbott Jan 2010

Bennett Plan Aims To Fast-Forward Education Gains, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This is an op ed article appearing in the Indiana Policy Review 25 newspaper publisher network throughout Indiana. It explains the benefits of Indiana's Race to the Top proposal.


Let’S “Transform” The Colts The Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 1, Jeff Abbott Dec 2009

Let’S “Transform” The Colts The Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 1, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This article, done tongue-in-cheek, uses sarcasm to parallel the need to reform public education with the need to reform the Indianapolis Colts.


Let’S “Transform” The Colts The Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 2, Jeff Abbott Dec 2009

Let’S “Transform” The Colts The Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 2, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This article uses tongue in cheek to compare the possible closing, turnaround, restart, or transformation of the Indianapolis Colts with what is happening in school reform.


Shifting Money Into The Classroom, Jeff Abbott Dec 2008

Shifting Money Into The Classroom, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

The author argues that by adopting the freedom school model of public school governance, which de-regulates and de-politicizes public schools, substantial tax savings will occur.


The Perfect Storm…Coming To A Community Near You, Jeff Abbott Dec 2008

The Perfect Storm…Coming To A Community Near You, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

Now in the year 2009 a new type of perfect storm is rapidly developing in public education. Like the 1991 perfect storm, three merging storms are coming together to produce a most violent storm in the public education arena. Those merging storms are the: • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“the stimulus bill”; • The excessive regulation of public schools; and • The excessive politicization of public schools.


Abbott: Istep+ Scores — It Depends On How You Look At Them, Jeff Abbott Dec 2007

Abbott: Istep+ Scores — It Depends On How You Look At Them, Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott

This paper uses control charts and trend lines to suggest that Indiana teachers may be doing a better job educating Indiana students than policy makers think.