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1994

Higher Education

Educational Considerations

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Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 1994, Deborah A. Verstegen Sep 1994

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 22, No. 1, Fall 1994, Deborah A. Verstegen

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for this special theme issue "The Federal Role In Education."


The Federal Role In Education - A Look Forward And A Look Backward: Commentary, Deborah A. Verstegen Sep 1994

The Federal Role In Education - A Look Forward And A Look Backward: Commentary, Deborah A. Verstegen

Educational Considerations

The Federal Role in Education- A Look Forward and a Look Backward


State Funding Provisions And Least Restrictive Environment: Implications For Federal Policy, Thomas B. Parrish Sep 1994

State Funding Provisions And Least Restrictive Environment: Implications For Federal Policy, Thomas B. Parrish

Educational Considerations

The fiscal incentives to serve students in restrictive settings must be eliminated if the integration of special education students is to be fostered in the states.


Chapter 1: A Time For Change, Camilla A. Heid Sep 1994

Chapter 1: A Time For Change, Camilla A. Heid

Educational Considerations

The proposed Title I sets forth a goal of educational excellence and equity for all students. It sets high standards, something that has not been done in the past.


The Current Federal Role In Special Education Funding, Thomas B. Parrish, Deborah A. Verstegen Sep 1994

The Current Federal Role In Special Education Funding, Thomas B. Parrish, Deborah A. Verstegen

Educational Considerations

Additional federal aid to match the federal commitment to students with disabilities is needed.


Federal Educational Policy And The Urban Poor: The Declining Power Of Cities, James G. Cibulka Sep 1994

Federal Educational Policy And The Urban Poor: The Declining Power Of Cities, James G. Cibulka

Educational Considerations

It is very clear...that the Clinton Administration, like its immediate predecessors, does not see the need for a comprehensive urban policy.


The Federal Role In Special Education, Patricia G. Anthony Sep 1994

The Federal Role In Special Education, Patricia G. Anthony

Educational Considerations

The challenge for federal fiscal policy remains in finding the proper balance: how to provide funding in the least obtrusive manner to accomplish the greatest good for those students who require the most assistance.


Federal Student Financial Aid In The 1990s: Crisis And Change?, Mary P. Mckeown Sep 1994

Federal Student Financial Aid In The 1990s: Crisis And Change?, Mary P. Mckeown

Educational Considerations

II appears likely that the rest of this century will witness continued erosion to the goals of access and choice (to higher education student aid].


Reviving Ophelia, David Vancleaf Sep 1994

Reviving Ophelia, David Vancleaf

Educational Considerations

A book review of Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher.


A Perspective On The North American Free Trade Agreement And Education, Deborah A. Verstegen Sep 1994

A Perspective On The North American Free Trade Agreement And Education, Deborah A. Verstegen

Educational Considerations

The debate over NAFTA has neglected America's poor, its children and its schools.


Student Mobility In The Nation's Elementary Schools, Ellen Kehoe Schwartz, Veronica Scott, Beatrice F. Birman Sep 1994

Student Mobility In The Nation's Elementary Schools, Ellen Kehoe Schwartz, Veronica Scott, Beatrice F. Birman

Educational Considerations

Children who change schools frequently face many challenges to their success in school.


Recent History Of Federal Support For Rural Education, E. Robert Stephens Sep 1994

Recent History Of Federal Support For Rural Education, E. Robert Stephens

Educational Considerations

Rural interests have long argued that the federal government is insensitive to the needs of rural schools, or worse, that a widespread anti-rural, pro-urban bias permeates all levels of the federal policy communities.


The Fiscal Aftermath Of Educational Reform, Faith E. Compton Sep 1994

The Fiscal Aftermath Of Educational Reform, Faith E. Compton

Educational Considerations

Education reform has had little real impact on local tax revenues and educational expenditures.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 22 (1) Full Issue, Deborah A. Verstegen Sep 1994

Educational Considerations, Vol. 22 (1) Full Issue, Deborah A. Verstegen

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 22 (1) Fall 1994 - Full issue


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 21, No. 2, Spring 1994, R. Craig Wood Apr 1994

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 21, No. 2, Spring 1994, R. Craig Wood

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 21, no. 2, Spring 1994, a theme issue on cutting edge problems in education finance.


Resource Accessibility, Wealth Neutrality, And Tax Yield In Montana, David C. Thompson, R. Craig Wood, David S. Honeyman, M. David Miller Apr 1994

Resource Accessibility, Wealth Neutrality, And Tax Yield In Montana, David C. Thompson, R. Craig Wood, David S. Honeyman, M. David Miller

Educational Considerations

Until litigation reaches the point where both sides are willing to listen to data, so much so that states actively monitor themselves and that plaintiffs concede when sophisticated data deny genuine differences, plaintiffs and states and children will suffer equally in lengthy and expensive litigation.


The Myth Of Increasing Real Resources For Schools, Eugene P. Mcloone Apr 1994

The Myth Of Increasing Real Resources For Schools, Eugene P. Mcloone

Educational Considerations

Education and the national economy are intertwined.


Financing Public Education In The American Heartland: A Profile And Analysis, James G. Ward Apr 1994

Financing Public Education In The American Heartland: A Profile And Analysis, James G. Ward

Educational Considerations

In determining support for public education in states, politics seems to be a stronger determining factor than economics, at least in the Heartland of America.


Educating All Of The Children Of All Of The People: Will School Choice Help Or Hinder?, Van D. Mueller Apr 1994

Educating All Of The Children Of All Of The People: Will School Choice Help Or Hinder?, Van D. Mueller

Educational Considerations

In most cases better-off Americans simply have a narrow view of what they are doing… They do not want poor children to be harmed; they simply want the best for their own children.


The Dark (Or The Light) Side Of The Moon? Michigan's Elimination Of The Local Property Tax, C. Philip Kearney Apr 1994

The Dark (Or The Light) Side Of The Moon? Michigan's Elimination Of The Local Property Tax, C. Philip Kearney

Educational Considerations

For some, Senate Bill 1 was a bold and courageous move that held hope not only of breaking the twenty year legislative impasse on school finance reform, but also of providing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform public education.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 21 (2) Full Issue, R. Craig Wood Apr 1994

Educational Considerations, Vol. 21 (2) Full Issue, R. Craig Wood

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 21 (2) Spring 1994 - Full issue


Guest Commentator Foreword, Clifford P. Hooker Apr 1994

Guest Commentator Foreword, Clifford P. Hooker

Educational Considerations

The authors of the eight essays in the issue of Educational Considerations focus of some of the cutting edge problems in education finance.


Guest Editor Foreword, R. Craig Wood Apr 1994

Guest Editor Foreword, R. Craig Wood

Educational Considerations

This issue encompasses some of the finest minds of financing public education in America today.


Financing Public Education: An Examination Of The Public And Private Sector Responses To Perceived Inadequacies Of The Property Tax, Brian O'Neil Brent, David H. Monk Apr 1994

Financing Public Education: An Examination Of The Public And Private Sector Responses To Perceived Inadequacies Of The Property Tax, Brian O'Neil Brent, David H. Monk

Educational Considerations

The use of the property tax to fund our public schools was once revered as the cornerstone of the American system of education.


Estimating The Determinants Of Pupil/Teacher Ratios: Evidence From The Schools And Staffing Survey, Lawrence O. Picus Apr 1994

Estimating The Determinants Of Pupil/Teacher Ratios: Evidence From The Schools And Staffing Survey, Lawrence O. Picus

Educational Considerations

There have been very few studies of how school districts spend money and allocate resources.


Funding Public Education Based On The Concept Of Cost Of Living, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson Apr 1994

Funding Public Education Based On The Concept Of Cost Of Living, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

The vast majority of education finance researchers would concede that cost of living issues are legitimate variables for any education finance distribution program.