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Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 28, No. 1, Fall 2000, Faith E. Crampton Sep 2000

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 28, No. 1, Fall 2000, Faith E. Crampton

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 28, no. 1, Fall 2000


Foreword, Faith E. Crampton Sep 2000

Foreword, Faith E. Crampton

Educational Considerations

This edition of Educational Considerations is devoted to education finance issues of national importance in the twenty-first century.


The Collection And Use Of Student Level Data: Implications For School Finance Research, Lawrence O. Picus, Ed Robillard Sep 2000

The Collection And Use Of Student Level Data: Implications For School Finance Research, Lawrence O. Picus, Ed Robillard

Educational Considerations

The principal focus of school finance in the past has been on elimination of fiscal disparities among school districts.


Finance Provisions Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 1997 Amendments, Deborah Verstegen Sep 2000

Finance Provisions Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act 1997 Amendments, Deborah Verstegen

Educational Considerations

The 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P. L. 105-17), signed into law by the President Clinton on June 4, 1997, make comprehensive changes to the IDEA.


We Can Do Better: An Essay On Education Finance And Generational Continuity In A Globalizing Economy, Maureen W. Mcclure Sep 2000

We Can Do Better: An Essay On Education Finance And Generational Continuity In A Globalizing Economy, Maureen W. Mcclure

Educational Considerations

For the last two decades, education finance research has been framed almost solely within a traditional policy framework of neoclassical economics.


The Financial Impact Of Charter Schools On School Districts, Edward Muir, F. Howard Nelson, Rachel Drown Sep 2000

The Financial Impact Of Charter Schools On School Districts, Edward Muir, F. Howard Nelson, Rachel Drown

Educational Considerations

Charter schools are new or converted schools “chartered” by agents of the state, which offer families options in addition to those choices available through their school district.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 28 (1) Full Issue, Faith E. Crampton Sep 2000

Educational Considerations, Vol. 28 (1) Full Issue, Faith E. Crampton

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 28 (1) Fall 2000 - Full issue


The Impact Of School Finance Litigation, David C. Thompson, Faith E. Crampton Sep 2000

The Impact Of School Finance Litigation, David C. Thompson, Faith E. Crampton

Educational Considerations

School finance litigation has been a hot topic for more than three decades. Starting in the 1960s, school districts began bringing suit in federal and state courts in an effort to force greater fairness in funding for schoolchildren.


Spending On Instructional Staff Support Among Big City School Districts: Why Are Urban Districts Spending At Such High Levels?, Kieran M. Killeen, David H. Monk, Margaret L. Plecki Sep 2000

Spending On Instructional Staff Support Among Big City School Districts: Why Are Urban Districts Spending At Such High Levels?, Kieran M. Killeen, David H. Monk, Margaret L. Plecki

Educational Considerations

In a recent study conducted under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP), we found that U.S. school districts, on average, direct 2.8% of their annual budgets toward what the Census Bureau defines as instructional staff support.


Educational Entrepreneurship: A New Challenge To Fiscal Equity?, Faith E. Crampton, Paul Bauman Sep 2000

Educational Entrepreneurship: A New Challenge To Fiscal Equity?, Faith E. Crampton, Paul Bauman

Educational Considerations

The search for equity in public elementary and secondary education funding in the United States continues into the twenty-first century.


Compensation Reform As Teaching Improvement Policy, Neil D. Theobald Sep 2000

Compensation Reform As Teaching Improvement Policy, Neil D. Theobald

Educational Considerations

Educating children is a labor-intensive enterprise. As such, teacher compensation is central to addressing educational improvement.


Charter School Spending: Autonomous And Accountable?, David Arsen Sep 2000

Charter School Spending: Autonomous And Accountable?, David Arsen

Educational Considerations

A lot of momentum is presently building behind the idea that educational outcomes can be improved by delegating more power and authority from districts directly to schools.


Collaborating On Web-Based Instruction In Higher Education: Benefits And Risks, Barbara Y. Lacost, Jody Isernhagen, Larry Dlugosh Sep 2000

Collaborating On Web-Based Instruction In Higher Education: Benefits And Risks, Barbara Y. Lacost, Jody Isernhagen, Larry Dlugosh

Educational Considerations

The United States spends $600 billion on education of all types each year, making it the second largest industry after health care.


Faculty Handbook 2000-2001 With Addenda, Saint Mary's College Of California Jul 2000

Faculty Handbook 2000-2001 With Addenda, Saint Mary's College Of California

Faculty Handbook

No abstract provided.


Service With A Smile: Customer Sovereignty And The Commodification Of Higher Education, Michael Delucchi Jun 2000

Service With A Smile: Customer Sovereignty And The Commodification Of Higher Education, Michael Delucchi

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.


Vision Of History For Students, Harry J. Groenewold Jun 2000

Vision Of History For Students, Harry J. Groenewold

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.


Defining Moments In Western-Global History, Harry Van Dyke Jun 2000

Defining Moments In Western-Global History, Harry Van Dyke

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.


Global History Or Western Civilization: A Symposium, Paul Otto Jun 2000

Global History Or Western Civilization: A Symposium, Paul Otto

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.


Western Civilization Or World History: A True Dilemma?, Louis J. Voskuil Jun 2000

Western Civilization Or World History: A True Dilemma?, Louis J. Voskuil

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.


Matters Of Consequence, Mary Laycock Apr 2000

Matters Of Consequence, Mary Laycock

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Parents In Classrooms, Mary Ziegler Apr 2000

Parents In Classrooms, Mary Ziegler

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


In This Issue, Mary Laycock Apr 2000

In This Issue, Mary Laycock

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Portfolios: Beyond Assessment, Sebastian Foti, Gail Ring Apr 2000

Portfolios: Beyond Assessment, Sebastian Foti, Gail Ring

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Personalized Teaching And Learning: Inquiry-Based Instruction, Patricia A. Mack Apr 2000

Personalized Teaching And Learning: Inquiry-Based Instruction, Patricia A. Mack

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 27, No. 2, Spring 2000, Chad Litz Apr 2000

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 27, No. 2, Spring 2000, Chad Litz

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 27, no. 2, Spring 2000


Beyond Legislative Schizophrenia: Sustaining Long-Term Educational Reform And Short-Term Viability, Susan B. Trimble, Carolyn Herrington Apr 2000

Beyond Legislative Schizophrenia: Sustaining Long-Term Educational Reform And Short-Term Viability, Susan B. Trimble, Carolyn Herrington

Educational Considerations

A major challenge facing contemporary educational reform is the extended timeframe necessary to achieve substantive and demonstrable results.


Coming Around Again: Equity Litigation And Wisconsin Rural Finance, Deborah A. Verstegen Apr 2000

Coming Around Again: Equity Litigation And Wisconsin Rural Finance, Deborah A. Verstegen

Educational Considerations

The Wisconsin Constitution, adopted in 1848, provides that “The legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly as uniform as practicable…”


Educational Considerations, Vol. 27 (2) Full Issue, Chad Litz Apr 2000

Educational Considerations, Vol. 27 (2) Full Issue, Chad Litz

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 27 (2) Spring 2000 - Full issue


The Pro Program: One District’S Experience With Decentralizing Staff Development, Jane B. Huffman, Dottie Caldwell, Katherine L. Taber Apr 2000

The Pro Program: One District’S Experience With Decentralizing Staff Development, Jane B. Huffman, Dottie Caldwell, Katherine L. Taber

Educational Considerations

Even today after years of restructuring and reform, when staff development is mentioned, many teachers still shudder and imagine a day of lecture that has little if anything to do with providing usable and relevant skills and information.


What We Say, What Our Students Hear: A Case For Active Listening, Dorothy Buerk Apr 2000

What We Say, What Our Students Hear: A Case For Active Listening, Dorothy Buerk

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.