California educates more than 6 million children in its K-12 public schools. More than half of these students are economically disadvantaged. Almost a quarter are English Learners (ELs), compared with fewer than one in ten nationwide. In order to better serve its student population, the state has enacted several reforms in recent years--and state…

California educates more than 6 million children in its K-12 public schools. More than half of these students are economically disadvantaged. About one in five are English Learners (ELs), compared with one in ten nationwide. In 2013, the state created the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to simplify school funding and significantly increase…

Prepared for a Strategic Education Governance learning seminar, this working paper analyses the ways in which the Dutch government tried to reach overarching goals in education, in a system characterised by a high degree of distributed autonomy of education institutions and the participation of multiple actors, and consequently a government highly…

Based on a fall 2017 survey of officials from 45 state education agencies, this report highlights early state efforts to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The report highlights states' views on ESSA's shift in control from the federal government to states and school districts regarding accountability and school improvement…

For decades, when California's state leaders have wanted to see local school districts respond to shifts in policy and expectations they relied on the state-controlled school finance system to leverage local change. Through the use of categorical programs and earmarked funding, they created incentives for districts that complied and penalties for…

This chapter is organized as follows. The first section examines the evolving state and federal role in education and the implications of an expanded federal role on the structure of the educational system. It pays particular attention to how the debate on the causes and solutions to school reform has shifted and the impact this has had on school…

The Local Management of Schools part of Britain's Education Reform Act (1988) is conceptually similar to recent innovations in the structure of other local government services. The continuing incorporation of education within the local government framework has resulted in the education welfare tradition's erosion through compulsory competitive…

Besides ducking funding responsibility, America 2000 blunders by reviving the notion of private education vouchers, which could destroy public education, not improve it. Also, how will America 2000's proposed mandated national curriculum and accompanying standardized achievement tests affect newly decentralized schools and districts pursuing their…

This Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) study was conducted in two phases. Phase I describes selected aspects of primary school finance arrangements in ten countries; Phase II examines the relationship between financial instruments and selected educational policy. Strengths and weaknesses of each system are assessed. (Author/KC)

The time for real change in education is here--and it must be a change that is basic--in line with new perspectives on national purposes. (Author)

A study of the introduction of the block grant in England in 1981 and concerns over increases in government control of education found little direct intervention in educational concerns but shifts in overall Local Educational Authority funding. (MD)

There are numerous conflicts over which level of government should regulate education and over how much support each level of government should give to education. In education there are continuous pressures for and against an expanded federal role. Though the prospect of additional federal funds is welcomed by most state officials, they disagree…

Predictions about shifting support levels of local, State, and Federal governments. (Author)

Describes the financial and organizational relationship between the central government and local educational authorities (LEAs) in England, where the government pays two-thirds of the costs but LEAs exercise greater discretion than do LEAs in the U.S. Draws implications for educational funding, monitoring, and planning in this country. (Author/RW)

The English education system is undergoing radical change initiated by central government. Extensive delegation of financial control to the school level has been paralleled by introduction of a national curriculum and open enrollment. This paper explains England's educational finance structure and the central government's interest in delegated…