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Al Shboul, Rawia Khalil Hasan – International Education Studies, 2018
The management and sustainability of school buildings is one of the primary challenges facing school administrations in the twenty-first century, especially after the increasing demand for education and seeking to increase the absorptive capacity of the increasing numbers of students, in addition to increasing the number of days of the school year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, School Buildings, Facilities Management
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Juan, Andrea; Visser, Mariette – South African Journal of Education, 2017
Determinants of educational achievement extend beyond the school environment to include the home environment. Both environments provide tangible and intangible resources to students that can influence science achievement. South Africa provides a context where inequalities in socio-economic status are vast, thus the environments from whence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Family Environment
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De Luca, Barbara M.; Hinshaw, Steven A. – Educational Considerations, 2013
The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of school district expenditures in predicting student achievement in Ohio for the school year 2009-2010. Building upon the concept of the "65 percent solution," the research questions that guided this study were: (1) What percentage of Ohio's school district's operating budgets…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Predictive Validity, Expenditures
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Vincent, Jeffrey M.; Monkkonen, Paavo – Journal of Education Finance, 2010
Spending by states and local school districts on school construction has increased dramatically over the last decade, not only because more and higher-quality schools are being built, but also because construction costs have increased by an unprecedented degree. Many states struggle to afford the new schools needed in local communities. The…
Descriptors: School Construction, State Regulation, Costs, Cost Effectiveness
Crampton, Faith E.; Thompson, David C. – School Business Affairs, 2011
Today's school business officials are more aware than ever of the importance of making every dollar count. As they scour their budgets for possible savings, they may be tempted to reduce investment in school infrastructure, perhaps by deferring maintenance, renovations, and replacement of outdated facilities. However, school business officials…
Descriptors: Productivity, Models, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement
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Pianta, Robert; Howes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret; Bryant, Donna; Clifford, Richard; Early, Diane; Barbarin, Oscar – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
This study draws from the National Center for Early Development and Learning's Multi-State Pre-Kindergarten Study to examine the extent to which program, classroom, and teacher attributes of the program ecology predict observed quality and teacher-child interactions in a sample of 238 classrooms representing 6 states' pre-kindergarten programs.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Predictor Variables, Educational Quality, Classroom Environment