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Polikoff, Morgan; Marsh, Julie; Plank, David N.; Hall, Michelle; Hardaway, Tenice; Le, Tien – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2014
California is in the middle of a nearly unprecedented period of change in the state's education system. Following voter approval of Proposition 30 in 2012, the Legislature adopted the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in 2013. The LCFF upended the way California funds schools, redistributing revenues toward schools and school districts facing…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Funding Formulas, Accountability
Robinson, Glen; Brandon, David – 1992
To meet the need for factual and objective information relating to public schools, this report examines the following perceptions about American education: (1) trends in SAT scores show a decline in the quality of public education; (2) schools are costing more and producing less; (3) reducing the educational bureaucracy will free much money needed…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Santiago, Deborah A. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2008
Too often, conversations about Latinos in education are based on ignorance. Put simply, ignorance is "not knowing." As often as not, people in these conversations assume they know more than they actually do--based on individual experiences or cliches shared by others--rather than on data. Excelencia in Education addressed this by providing…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Academic Achievement, Law Enforcement, Education Work Relationship