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Direct linkStreams, Meg; Butler, J. S.; Cowen, Joshua; Fowles, Jacob; Toma, Eugenia F. – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
Kentucky is a poor, relatively rural state that contrasts greatly with the relatively urban and wealthy states typically the subject of education studies employing large-scale administrative data. For this reason, Kentucky's experience of major school finance and curricular reform is highly salient for understanding teacher labor market dynamics.…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Rural Schools, Finance Reform, Educational Finance
Download full textHoyt, William H.; Jepsen, Christopher; Troske, Kenneth R. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2008
The passage of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) in 1990 had a dramatic impact on the funding of primary and secondary education in the state. The amount of money spent on education increased significantly with the passage of KERA with districts in rural areas of the state experiencing the largest growth in spending (Hoyt, 1999). This has…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Finance, Educational Change, Rural Urban Differences
Peer reviewedAdams, Jacob E., Jr.; Foster, E. Michael – Journal of Education Finance, 2002
Compares Kentucky's school district organization with those of other states; defines "small" school districts; analyzes the relationship between district size and state education costs in Kentucky; concludes that state cannot save money by consolidating small school districts. (Contains 48 references.) (Authors/PKP)
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Chambers, Jay G.; Duenas, Ixtlac E. – 1995
This paper explores the impact of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990 on the funding and allocation of resources to special education. Overall, the results indicate that the revenues generated for the special education system by KERA are approximately equal to marginal costs of special education services statewide. However, there is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Finance
