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The Fiscal Impact Of The Shift From Equity To Adequacy In School Finance Litigation, Forbis Jordan, Teresa Jordan, Kevin Crehan
The Fiscal Impact Of The Shift From Equity To Adequacy In School Finance Litigation, Forbis Jordan, Teresa Jordan, Kevin Crehan
Educational Considerations
The focus of this study is a comparison of the changes in a set of state-level funding variables in state school finance programs for five groups of states with regard to high court decisions rendered during the 1970-1987 period and the 1988-2004 period.
Richard A. Rossmiller: A Prophet Even In His Own Land - An Interview, Terry G. Geske, Deborah A. Verstegen
Richard A. Rossmiller: A Prophet Even In His Own Land - An Interview, Terry G. Geske, Deborah A. Verstegen
Educational Considerations
In May 2004, Richard A. Rossmiller received the Alumni Achievement Award from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison honoring him for his many accomplishments.
From Courtroom To Classroom: Operationalizing "Adequacy" In Funding Teaching And Learning, Bruce S. Cooper, Tim Deroche, William G. Ouchi, Carolyn Brown
From Courtroom To Classroom: Operationalizing "Adequacy" In Funding Teaching And Learning, Bruce S. Cooper, Tim Deroche, William G. Ouchi, Carolyn Brown
Educational Considerations
A quality, standards-based reform would provide a framework and system of accountability that elevates the most possible number of our students to acquisition of an academic foundation and allows students the greatest number of future academic options and careers.
Fiscal And Academic Efficiency Index Of The Public School Districts Of Arkansas, Mary F. Hughes
Fiscal And Academic Efficiency Index Of The Public School Districts Of Arkansas, Mary F. Hughes
Educational Considerations
In Lake View v. Huckabee, the Supreme Court of Arkansas stated that the Education Article of the Arkansas Constitution designates the state, rather than the General Assembly, as the entity to maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools.
A Closer Look At The Costs Of Serving Children "Living On The Edges" Of State School Finance Policy: At-Risk, Limited English Proficient, And Gifted Children, Bruce D. Baker
Educational Considerations
Considerable attention has been given over the years to understanding the costs of serving students with disabilities and the design of state funding systems for ensuring that students’ special needs can be met by local districts.
Save A Place For Leadership In The Debate On Adequacy: A New Model For Developing Leadership For Schools, Mary Devin
Save A Place For Leadership In The Debate On Adequacy: A New Model For Developing Leadership For Schools, Mary Devin
Educational Considerations
In the midst of discussions on adequacy of funding, schools are being held accountable for the success of all students and for raising student performance to the highest level ever.
Exploring Implications Of Brown For Schools Of Choice And Raising Academic Standards, Richard A. King, Linda Vogel, Kathryn Whitaker
Exploring Implications Of Brown For Schools Of Choice And Raising Academic Standards, Richard A. King, Linda Vogel, Kathryn Whitaker
Educational Considerations
After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, policies designed to comply with the decision were often declared to be unconstitutional.
Toward A New Adequacy In Public School Finance: Analytical And Political Issues, Michael F. Addonizio
Toward A New Adequacy In Public School Finance: Analytical And Political Issues, Michael F. Addonizio
Educational Considerations
Efforts to improve the fairness and quality of our public education system through school finance reform date back to the dawn of the twentieth century with the work of Cubberly and others.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 32(1) Full Issue, Deborah A. Verstegen
Educational Considerations, Vol. 32(1) Full Issue, Deborah A. Verstegen
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 32(1)-Fall 2004-Full issue
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 32, No. 1, Fall 2004, Deborah A. Verstegen
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 32, No. 1, Fall 2004, Deborah A. Verstegen
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 32, no. 1, Fall 2004 this special issue "Adequacy in School Finance."
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This issue of Networks has two major themes: teacher preparation, and approaches to teaching math, literature and writing in the school classroom.
A School-Based Project: Increasing Ontario Pre-Service Teacher Candidates' Experiences With Cultural Diversity, Frank Brathwaite, Brad Porfilio
A School-Based Project: Increasing Ontario Pre-Service Teacher Candidates' Experiences With Cultural Diversity, Frank Brathwaite, Brad Porfilio
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This paper details a service-learning project involving thirty-two Ontario, White pre-service teachers in Buffalo, New York. We provided reflective activities to help future teachers develop an awareness and understanding of how unjust educational practices inhibit the educational performance of marginalized students. Although fourteen students did increase their awareness of urban school conditions and communities, we also learned that neither our teaching nor the service-project pushed eighteen participants to 'see' how educational practices work to perpetuate the racial and social class structure. Armed with this knowledge, we recognized that more time and energy must be expended to create research activities as …
Mentoring The Mentor: Tales From Learning The Practice Of Field-Based Teacher Education, Patricia Norman
Mentoring The Mentor: Tales From Learning The Practice Of Field-Based Teacher Education, Patricia Norman
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
While completing my doctorate at Michigan State University, I served as a university liaison in its five-year teacher certification program. Teacher candidates enter the program as juniors, take two years of courses combined with field experiences then complete a year-long internship with a single classroom teacher who accepts primary responsibility for guiding and assessing interns' learning. Interns are placed in small cohorts of six to eight per school. University liaisons -- typically MSU graduate students -- work with interns at a single school and help them set personal learning goals, confer with them and their mentors about their planning and …
A Rush Of Connections And Insights, A Glorious Moment Of Clarity, Gary E. Davis, Mercedes A. Mcgowen
A Rush Of Connections And Insights, A Glorious Moment Of Clarity, Gary E. Davis, Mercedes A. Mcgowen
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
For several years we have been interested in pre-service teachers' memory for mathematical episodes. Partly this is because memory is such a vital aspect of mathematical problem solving. Long-term declarative memory is the sort of memory involved when a person talks, writes, draws, or otherwise consciously represents their recollections. Warner, Coppolo & Davis (2002) identify long-term declarative memory as a key ingredient in flexible mathematical thinking - the ability to apply mathematical solution processes in different settings and across different representations - and Davis, Hill & Smith (2000) emphasize long-term declarative memory as a key feature in effective teaching of …
How Social Relationships Affect Writers, Karen A. Keller
How Social Relationships Affect Writers, Karen A. Keller
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
My students always enjoyed working in groups. They begged to be with their friends whenever I assigned a group project. In general, I dreaded allowing students to work in groups. I feared the classroom disruption from students who could not stay on task. And I wondered if students would do their best work in a group. Yet, I had to admit that as a graduate student, I found that some of my best work resulted from work in a group setting.
Curriculum Connections: Linking Literature And Math, Michelle Pasko
Curriculum Connections: Linking Literature And Math, Michelle Pasko
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
I feel that math should be an enjoyable, not a tedious and boring, experience for students. One way to achieve this in a classroom is to make math meaningful and hands-on. Another useful strategy in teaching math is the use of math-related literature. Knowing that students love being read to, I have utilized storybooks in my math lessons in order to increase motivation and interest. Recognizing the importance of integrating subject matter in order to increase understanding, I set out on an adventure to research the following question: What kinds of mathematical connections can and do students make to literature?
Elementary English Acquisition, Beth Anne Cherry, Renee Ford, Kathy Mueller
Elementary English Acquisition, Beth Anne Cherry, Renee Ford, Kathy Mueller
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
From the beginning of chapter one in Learning English at School, the author, Colleen Toohey, emphasizes that social interactions have a pivotal role in young children's second language learning. She begins by analyzing the data of several theorists and researchers, such as Snow, Vygotsky, and Bakhtin, she had reviewed to develop the theory and methodology for her study. Toohey does a nice job relating her own experiences and observations to the presented theories.
State Funding For Education Technology And School Infrastructure: Competing Demands And Limited Resources, Faith E. Crampton
State Funding For Education Technology And School Infrastructure: Competing Demands And Limited Resources, Faith E. Crampton
Educational Considerations
In spite of signs of an economic recovery at the national level, many states still face formidable fiscal problems. In addition, the national fiscal outlook is compromised by a growing federal deficit, slow growth in job creation, and lingering unemployment in many parts of the country.
Critical Literacies And Feminist Ethics: Mapping A Pedagogical Reform In The Preparation Of Educators, Audrey M. Dentith, Jeanne F. Brady
Critical Literacies And Feminist Ethics: Mapping A Pedagogical Reform In The Preparation Of Educators, Audrey M. Dentith, Jeanne F. Brady
Educational Considerations
Those of us in university programs of education face the daunting task of preparing new and practicing teachers and school leaders with the necessary knowledge, competencies and attitudes to teach with success in the face of ever increasingly complex schooling environments.
How Can We Attract And Retain Quality School Principals: What Do Principals Say?, M. Scott Norton
How Can We Attract And Retain Quality School Principals: What Do Principals Say?, M. Scott Norton
Educational Considerations
Attracting quality personnel for leadership roles as school principals and then retaining their services have become national concerns. Studies reveal that turnover in the principalship at both elementary and secondary schools reached the 50% level during the 1990s, with predictions that such losses are likely to increase during the current decade.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 31(2) Full Issue, Chad Litz
Educational Considerations, Vol. 31(2) Full Issue, Chad Litz
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 31(2) Spring 2004 - Full issue
Technology Integration In Professional Education Courses: Utilizing The Intasc Principles, Saundra L. Wetig, Phyllis K. Adcock
Technology Integration In Professional Education Courses: Utilizing The Intasc Principles, Saundra L. Wetig, Phyllis K. Adcock
Educational Considerations
In response to emerging federal, state, and local standards, the University of Nebraska at Omaha through the Teacher Education Department strives to equip teacher candidates with the academic, social, as well as the technological skills needed in 21st century classrooms.
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring 2004, Chad Litz
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring 2004, Chad Litz
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 31, no. 2, Spring 2004, Educational Considerations
The Need For A Comprehensive Competency-Based Career Guidance Curriculum For Teen Mothers, Mary-Beth Muskin
The Need For A Comprehensive Competency-Based Career Guidance Curriculum For Teen Mothers, Mary-Beth Muskin
Educational Considerations
Teen parenting has significant implications for teens and their success in school. As school guidance and counseling departments focus on the development of comprehensive competency-based guidance curriculum within their school systems, the needs of teen parents are often overlooked.
The Year Round Calendar: An Analysis Of Student Outcomes, Kimberly Moore, Deborah A. Verstegen
The Year Round Calendar: An Analysis Of Student Outcomes, Kimberly Moore, Deborah A. Verstegen
Educational Considerations
Almost a decade ago, the National Education Commission on Time and Learning warned Americans that schools were unable to meet the demands of a new global economy. For 150 years, schools had operated on schedules that suited only the top students, while average and poor students simply dropped out to make decent livings on farms or in factories.
Educación Dialógica: Las Escuelas De España Hoy, Marta Soler-Gallart
Educación Dialógica: Las Escuelas De España Hoy, Marta Soler-Gallart
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
En Abril del 2003 tres conferencias de educación se organizaron simultáneamente en tres ciudades españolas diferentes- Barcelona, Zaragoza y Vitora- bajo el título "Comunidades de Aprendizaje: Calidad educativa para todos y todas". Estas conferencias supusieron la celebración del éxito y la consolidación de un proyecto educativo que se está desarrollando en España desde los inicios de los noventa y que cada año continua expandiéndose en todo el país. Todas las escuelas que funcionan como Comunidades de Aprendizaje tienen una característica en común: se basan en el aprendizaje dialógico y están orientadas a lograr el éxito escolar para todos los niños …
Dialogic Education In Spain: Some Initial Words, Marta Soler-Gallart
Dialogic Education In Spain: Some Initial Words, Marta Soler-Gallart
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In April 2003 three educational conferences were organized simultaneously in three different Spanish cities Barcelona, Zaragoza and Vitoria under the title "Learning Communities: Quality Education for All". These conferences meant the celebration of the success and consolidation of an educational project that has been taking place in Spain since the beginning of the nineties and that each year continues to expand throughout the country. All the schools that function as Learning Communities have a feature in common: they are based on dialogic learning and they are oriented towards achieving school success for all children. Both Gordon Wells and …
Building A Dream: Learning Communities In The Basque Country, Mª Luisa Jaussi, Carmen Vega
Building A Dream: Learning Communities In The Basque Country, Mª Luisa Jaussi, Carmen Vega
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
All of us that make up the Learning Communities project share the same dream, the same utopia: that all children regardless of their social situation, their culture, their personal characteristicsare able to develop, to a maximum, their abilities and enjoy the same rights and real opportunities in today's society. It is a dream of equality that includes difference. We think that "another education is possible" and for this, it is necessary that more people join this utopia, as is already happening in the Basque Country, where increasingly more schools are starting the transformation process. The dream is one of the …
Dialogic Learning In Interactive Groups, M. Josepa Adell Nolla, Carlos Herrero, Belinda Siles
Dialogic Learning In Interactive Groups, M. Josepa Adell Nolla, Carlos Herrero, Belinda Siles
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This jointly written article is the attempt to share with other teachers, teacher trainers, other professionals and participants in the field of education, our experiences with interactive groups. It brings new meaning to our work to see children infused with hope, enthusiasm and purpose in the classroom since we have begun this egalitarian educational practice. The joy and fulfilment we are seeing and experiencing is contagious. We feel that to bring to light innovations that are working in the classroom and school is fundamental for all of us in our profession as we take on the responsibility, along with parents …
El Aprendizaje Dialógico En Los Grupos Interactivos, M. Josepa Adell Nolla, Carlos Herrero, Belinda Siles
El Aprendizaje Dialógico En Los Grupos Interactivos, M. Josepa Adell Nolla, Carlos Herrero, Belinda Siles
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Este artículo escrito conjuntamente pretende compartir con otros profesores y profesoras, formadores y formadoras de profesorado, y con demás profesionales y personas que participen en el campo de la educación, nuestras experiencias con los grupos interactivos. El hecho de ver a niños y niñas rebosantes de esperanza, entusiasmo y motivación en las aulas, desde que empezamos con esta práctica de educación igualitaria, confiere un nuevo sentido a nuestro trabajo. La alegría y plenitud que estamos viendo y experimentando resultan contagiosas. Creemos que difundir aquellas innovaciones que están obteniendo buenos resultados en las aulas y las escuelas es fundamental para todos …