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Direct linkMorowski, Deborah L. – American Educational History Journal, 2009
Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, the quality of education for school children in Texas was inconsistent and control of public schools resided with local communities. As a result, teachers' salaries across the state were inequitable among the races, as well as among different divisions within a single district. School district spending was…
Descriptors: School District Spending, Teacher Salaries, School Activities, Civil Rights
Download full textCarnegie Council on Adolescent Development, Washington, DC. – 1994
This guide explores the key issues in the development, sustainability, and effectiveness of after-school programs including before school, weekends, and summers, and identifies federal strategies to promote effective programs. The first part of the booklet presents the core elements of an effective after-school program, noting that programs…
Descriptors: After School Centers, After School Education, After School Programs, Early Adolescents
Hirsch, Lesley – Education Law Center, 2006
New Jersey's urban--or "Abbott"--schools have improved at the preschool and elementary school level, but lag when it comes to middle and high school performance. These are the key findings of an Abbott Indicators Project report entitled, "The Abbott Districts in 2005-06: Progress and Challenges." The report was prepared by…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Camden is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Camden receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Camden Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Newark is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Newark receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Newark Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Trenton is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Trenton receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Trenton Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Union City is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Union City receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Union City Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Camden is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Camden receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Camden Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Newark is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Newark receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Newark Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Hirsch, Lesley; Applewhite-Coney, Erain – Education Law Center, 2005
Trenton is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Trenton receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Trenton Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Applewhite-Coney, Erain; Hirsch, Lesley – Education Law Center, 2005
Union City is one of 31 urban school districts in New Jersey known as Abbott districts. As an Abbott district, Union City receives funding to equalize its per student general education budget with the most successful suburban districts in the state. Through a series of indicators, the Union City Abbott Indicators Report presents the status of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Facilities, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Ponessa, Joan; Boylan, Ellen – Education Law Center, 2004
This report on preschool facilities analyzes regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to implement the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. (EFCFA). EFCFA, which authorizes and governs New Jersey's public school construction program, was enacted in July 2000 to implement the State Supreme Court's…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Preschool Education, School Construction, Construction Programs
Ponessa, Joan – Education Law Center, 2004
This report on Long Range Facilities Plans (LRFPs) analyzes regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to implement the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. (EFCFA). EFCFA, which authorizes and governs New Jersey's public school construction program, was enacted in July 2000 to implement the State…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Facilities Planning, School Construction, Construction Programs
Passantino, Claire; Kenyon, Susan – Education Law Center, 2004
The goal of this guide is to provide information, support and practical tools that may help educators design, implement, and evaluate their school's standards-based education program. In order to work, a comprehensive, standards-based educational program must, by definition, be the organizing structure upon which the school program operates.…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Activities, Community Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques
