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DeLuca, Thomas A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2013
Educational policy makers (e.g., legislators, state and local school boards) continue to promote inter-district service consolidation as one method to reduce operating expenditures citing economies of scale as the source of any savings. This study uses survey data to identify the extent of non-instructional service consolidation in Michigan, with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pupil Personnel Services, Educational Finance, Expenditures
Gamse, Beth; Boulay, Beth; Fountain, Alyssa Rulf; Unlu, Fatih; Maree, Kenyon; McCall, Tom; McCormick, Rachel – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2011
The Reading First (RF) Program was first and foremost designed to improve young students' reading skills, as reading proficiency is critical to students' success in school. Students must be able to read and comprehend text well in order to master subject matter taught in various content areas. Disproportionately large numbers of minority and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui – Public Policy Institute of California, 2012
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey provides policymakers, the media, and the public with objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. Inaugurated in April 1998, this is the 125th PPIC Statewide Survey in a series that has generated a…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Adults, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education