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Direct linkWeston, Margaret – Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
The three appendices herein accompany the main report, "California's New School Funding Flexibility." Included are: (1) California's Previous Flexibility Policies; (2) Data and Methods; and (3) Categorical Funding and Student Disadvantage. (Contains 3 tables and 12 footnotes.) [For "California's New School Funding Flexibility,"…
Descriptors: State Government, Financial Support, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Ho, Simon; Schoenberg, Doug; Richards, Dan; Morath, Michael – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
In this article, the authors examines the use of technology to control costs in the child care industry. One of these technology solutions is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). SaaS solutions can help child care providers save money in many aspects of center management. In addition to cost savings, SaaS solutions are also particularly appealing to…
Descriptors: Costs, Child Care, Computer Software, Information Technology
Download full textOregon Department of Education, 2014
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Public Schools, Progress Monitoring, State Legislation
Shakrani, Sharif – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2008
Growing concern about the quality of public education in the United States has driven numerous educational reform efforts across the last three decades. These reforms include increased accountability as exemplified by various requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the introduction of new curriculum and instructional methods in…
Descriptors: Small Schools, High Schools, Income, Urban Areas
Oregon Department of Education, 2012
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Public Schools, Progress Monitoring, State Legislation
Iowa Department of Education, 2011
The Annual Condition of Education Report provides a wide range of state-level data, including shifts in student populations and demographics, teacher salaries and characteristics, student achievement results, and school financial information. A few examples of the categories presented in this 22nd edition report include: (1) Enrollment; (2) Early…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Annual Reports, State Surveys
Alabama Department of Education, 2010
Year after year, the goal of educators, parents, and concerned citizens throughout Alabama is to provide this state's children with the highest level of quality education possible. The future of Alabama's businesses, industries, commerce, labor force, arts, humanities, and countless other areas are determined by the education that is provided to…
Descriptors: Public Education, School Safety, Discipline, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedBerkner, Lutz; He, Shirley; Lew, Stephen; Cominole, Melissa; Siegel, Peter – National Center for Education Statistics, 2005
This report is the first publication based on the 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education. NPSAS is a comprehensive study that examines how students and their families pay for postsecondary education. The study includes…
Descriptors: Income, Attendance Patterns, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College
Kelly, Fred J. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
Education in the United States has developed from two opposite starting points. Colleges were organized to train leaders, particularly for churches and the courts. They needed schools to prepare their prospective students, and so a system of academics grew up dominated largely by colleges. Widespread public elementary schools, however, developed…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, College Attendance, Attendance Patterns, College Transfer Students
Hoffman, Kathryn; Llagas, Charmaine; Snyder, Thomas D. – 2003
This report examines progress on key education indicators of black children and adults, utilizing statistics published by the National Center for Education Statistics in various reports and from other federal agencies. It shows that more black students have completed high school and gone on to college, levels of parental education have increased,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns, Black Students
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The Biennial Survey of Education presents the statistics of practically all the important school systems in the United States for 1917-18. The various chapters in the volume have been printed as bulletins. Volume III of the 1916-18 Biennial Survey includes the following chapters: (1) Statistical Survey of Education, 1917-18; (2) State School…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Statistical Surveys, Public Schools
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2008
There is a strong and growing argument for higher educational attainment in the United States. The jobs that are expected to support the economy in the coming years will depend on a skilled workforce that is able to learn and adapt quickly to new challenges. However, demographic patterns demonstrate that relying on the traditional K-16 pipeline to…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Distance Education, State Action, Educational Attainment
Weeks, Stephen B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Just 60 years ago the State of Alabama made its first formal essay toward a State-supported and State-administered public-school system. During this period there have been many ups and downs of educational fortune, but there has been progress. This bulletin describes the main characteristics of the educational experience of Alabama over the last…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public Education, Educational History, Population Trends
