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New Leaders, 2015
This brief outlines a series of proposals for using federal policy to bolster school leadership. The Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) should highlight the unique role that principals play by targeting funding within the law to build principals' capacity as instructional leaders, culture builders and talent managers. ESEA should also…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
Levin, Jesse; Manship, Karen; Hurlburt, Steve; Atchison, Drew; Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Hall, Adam; Stullich, Stephanie – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
"Districts' Use of Weighted Student Funding Systems to Increase School Autonomy and Equity: Findings from a National Study. Volume 1," is intended to provide both practitioners and policymakers with detailed information about the design, implementation, and outcomes of weighted student funding (WSF) systems in the United States. Findings…
Descriptors: School Districts, Funding Formulas, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Jennings, Jack – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act will be coming up for reauthorization amid a number of contentious issues, and debates over these issues are likely to more heated leading up to the 2012 elections. If ESEA is to be renewed, the President must make it a high priority, Republicans will need to work with Democrats, and national education…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Rice, Cynthia – Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2010
Congress is currently considering updating the key legislation that governs K-12 public education--the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Noticeably missing from the current law, more commonly known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), is a comprehensive early learning agenda, which span from preschool through 3rd grade. The Obama…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Young Children
Gaddy, Barbara; McNulty, Brian; Waters, Tim – 2002
This policy brief on the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is based on March 2002, discussions involving chief state school officers and state directors of special education from five Western states and staff of Western educational research and policy organizations. It focuses on those issues that are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
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Farkas, George; Hall, L. Shane – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2000
The federal government's more than thirty-year attempt to solve the problems of poverty--in particular, the diminished life chances of children from low-income households--has been, according to these authors, largely unsuccessful. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 is, and has been, the most heavily funded…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Mathematics Achievement