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Gill, Tim – Cambridge Assessment, 2019
For the past few years there have been decreases in the average real per-pupil funding for secondary schools (Belfield, Farquharson and Sibieta, 2018). One possible impact of these cuts is a reduction in the number of different subjects or qualifications offered by schools. The main aim of this research was to investigate whether there was…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student, Retrenchment
Kober, Nancy; Rentner, Diane Stark – Center on Education Policy, 2011
Many school districts had to cope with shrinking budgets this past school year, but the effects of these cuts were cushioned to some extent by the availability of federal economic stimulus money. In 2009 and 2010, school districts received about $80 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). These funds were intended…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Educational Finance, School Districts, Educational Change
Lips, Dan; Watkins, Shanea J.; Fleming, John – Heritage Foundation, 2008
Debates about how to improve public education in America often focus on whether government should spend more on education. Federal and state policymakers proposing new education programs often base their arguments on the need to provide more resources to schools to improve opportunities for students. Many Americans seem to share this view. While…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Change