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1997

Educational Considerations

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Guest Editors' Foreword, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson Sep 1997

Guest Editors' Foreword, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

This issue, as well as the next, is devoted to the financing of public elementary and secondary schools in America.


Education Finance In Arizona: 1997 The Unsettled State Of The State, Mary P. Mckeown Sep 1997

Education Finance In Arizona: 1997 The Unsettled State Of The State, Mary P. Mckeown

Educational Considerations

Confusion reigns; at best, the state of the state seems to be unsettled.


Promoting Equalization And Local Control In Financing Colorado's Schools, Judith K. Mathers, Richard A. King Sep 1997

Promoting Equalization And Local Control In Financing Colorado's Schools, Judith K. Mathers, Richard A. King

Educational Considerations

Finding solutions to the perennial problems of inadequate operating revenues…proves as difficult as scaling any of Colorado's famous '14'ers.


A Quarter Century Of Turmoil: School Finance In California On The 25th Anniversary Of Serrano, Lawrence O. Picus Sep 1997

A Quarter Century Of Turmoil: School Finance In California On The 25th Anniversary Of Serrano, Lawrence O. Picus

Educational Considerations

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the California supreme court's August 1971 ruling that the Golden State's system of school finance violated the equal protection requirements of the state and federal constitutions.


Educational Reform In The Sunshine State: High Need, Low Funding And A Disaffected Electorate, Carolyn D. Herrington, Susan Timble Sep 1997

Educational Reform In The Sunshine State: High Need, Low Funding And A Disaffected Electorate, Carolyn D. Herrington, Susan Timble

Educational Considerations

The state of Florida greets the 20th century as the fourth largest state in the country.


Financing Public Elementary And Secondary Education In Georgia, C. Thomas Holmes, John Dayton Sep 1997

Financing Public Elementary And Secondary Education In Georgia, C. Thomas Holmes, John Dayton

Educational Considerations

In 1986 the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Act was established to provide funding for public elementary and secondary education in Georgia.


School Finance And Reform In Delaware: A Summary, Yasser A. Nakib Sep 1997

School Finance And Reform In Delaware: A Summary, Yasser A. Nakib

Educational Considerations

Delaware, although a small state with less than 20 school districts, is no different from other states in the dynamics and complexities of the political structure that has the most profound impact on educational policies in general and on public school finance in particular.


Financing Public Schools In Illinois: A Decade Of Discontent, James Gordon Ward Sep 1997

Financing Public Schools In Illinois: A Decade Of Discontent, James Gordon Ward

Educational Considerations

Estimates of school finance reform in Illinois . . . exceed $2 billion in cost to the state.


Indiana's Reward-For-Effort School Funding Formula: Issues And Options, Neil D. Theobald, Barry Bull, Nick Vesper Sep 1997

Indiana's Reward-For-Effort School Funding Formula: Issues And Options, Neil D. Theobald, Barry Bull, Nick Vesper

Educational Considerations

Indiana is in the fourth year of a scheduled six-year phase in of its guaranteed yield Reward-for-Effort School Funding Formula.


Equity And Public Education Finance In Virginia, Deborah A. Verstegen, Karen Kucharz, Allan Odden Sep 1997

Equity And Public Education Finance In Virginia, Deborah A. Verstegen, Karen Kucharz, Allan Odden

Educational Considerations

Until there is an equality of financing, there can be no equality of quality.


Education Finance Reform In Tennessee, Harry A . Green Sep 1997

Education Finance Reform In Tennessee, Harry A . Green

Educational Considerations

Tennessee has been in the mainstream of education reform for the past decade.


Ohio School Finance: Continuing Challenges To Adequacy And Equity Of Funding, Gary L. Payne, Nelda H. Cambron--Mccabe Sep 1997

Ohio School Finance: Continuing Challenges To Adequacy And Equity Of Funding, Gary L. Payne, Nelda H. Cambron--Mccabe

Educational Considerations

Like many states, Ohio struggles as it attempts to fund and maintain public schools.


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 25, No. 1, Fall 1997, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson Sep 1997

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 25, No. 1, Fall 1997, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

This content includes the table of contents and editorial information for this special issue "Public School Funding in the United States Volume 1"


Wisconsin Public Education And Property Tax Relief In The 90'S, Carolyn Busch Sep 1997

Wisconsin Public Education And Property Tax Relief In The 90'S, Carolyn Busch

Educational Considerations

Taxpayer dismay and unhappiness with increasing property taxes is at the heart of changes to Wisconsin's school finance system.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 25(1) Full Issue, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson Sep 1997

Educational Considerations, Vol. 25(1) Full Issue, R. Craig Wood, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 25(1) Fall 1997 - Full issue


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 1997, G. Daniel Harden Apr 1997

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 1997, G. Daniel Harden

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 1997, Educational Considerations: theme issue "Social Foundations and Philosophy of Education."


De-Centering The Center: Postmodernism And Meaning, Scott E. Smith Apr 1997

De-Centering The Center: Postmodernism And Meaning, Scott E. Smith

Educational Considerations

Future teachers should have…some workable philosophy regarding the nature of language.


Families, Metaphysical Dreams, And Villages, G. Daniel Harden, Joshua K. T. Harden Apr 1997

Families, Metaphysical Dreams, And Villages, G. Daniel Harden, Joshua K. T. Harden

Educational Considerations

Neither Sen. Dole nor President Clinton were speaking of either families or villages.


Nietzsche, Generation X, And The Future Postmodern Curriculum, Don G. Smith Apr 1997

Nietzsche, Generation X, And The Future Postmodern Curriculum, Don G. Smith

Educational Considerations

We are entering into an era as radically different from the modern era as the Renaissance was from the Middle Ages.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 24 (2) Full Issue, G. Daniel Harden Apr 1997

Educational Considerations, Vol. 24 (2) Full Issue, G. Daniel Harden

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 24 (2) Spring 1997 - Full issue


Experience And The Philosophy Of Composing, Daniel J. Royer Apr 1997

Experience And The Philosophy Of Composing, Daniel J. Royer

Educational Considerations

Experience and the Philosophy of Composing


Guest Editor's Foreword, G. Daniel Harden Apr 1997

Guest Editor's Foreword, G. Daniel Harden

Educational Considerations

Almost five years ago we at Educational Considerations had an issue largely devoted to the social and philosophical foundations of education.


Friendship And Education, James S. Taylor Apr 1997

Friendship And Education, James S. Taylor

Educational Considerations

It is has been said, by Whitehead, I believe, that all of philosophy is a footnote to Plato; likewise, it can also be said that all of education is a footnote to his teacher, Socrates.


The Ethics Of Character: The Teacher As Moral Agent, Thomas Foster Apr 1997

The Ethics Of Character: The Teacher As Moral Agent, Thomas Foster

Educational Considerations

What is needed is an overhaul of the educational system with a new model that is both reflective and integrated.


Experiences Of Students Of Color In A Midwest School District, 1954 To 1974, Mary Ann Welch Bendezu Apr 1997

Experiences Of Students Of Color In A Midwest School District, 1954 To 1974, Mary Ann Welch Bendezu

Educational Considerations

We must cure our own ignorance before we can hope to cure that of others.


Gifted Education: Looking At Alternatives For Small, Rural Secondary Schools, Cynthia Abbott Apr 1997

Gifted Education: Looking At Alternatives For Small, Rural Secondary Schools, Cynthia Abbott

Educational Considerations

Is enrichment or acceleration more suitable for gifted youth in rural areas?