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Henig, Jeffrey R.; Jacobsen, Rebecca; Reckhow, Sarah – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"Outside Money in School Board Elections" documents and analyzes the injection of external funding into local elections. Local school board contests have recently become flashpoints of national donor interest. Some observers see this engagement as a needed boost for complacent school districts while others view it as a threat to local…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elections, Financial Support, School Districts
Protheroe, Nancy – Educational Research Service, 2008
All too often, the public perception of school administration is that it is a large bureaucracy diverting critical resources from instruction. According to "Answering the Critics of School Administration: What Are the Facts? Second Edition," by Nancy Protheroe, the data show otherwise. Six common misperceptions of school administration are…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administration, Misconceptions, Textbook Content
Johnson, Dale D.; Johnson, Bonnie – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005
High Stakes brings the voices of students and teachers to national debates over school accountability and educational reform. Recounting the experiences of two classrooms during one academic year, the book offers a critical exploration of excessive state-mandated monitoring, high-stakes testing pressures, and inequities in public school funding…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Academic Failure
Rohrer, John; Liddell, Laurie – 1997
In fiscal 1996, Maryland expended over $5.7 billion on public education. This paper reviews the sources of revenue for education, focusing on the relative importance of federal, state, and local funding, and provides an overview of state education aid. The state's commitment to the public schools accounted for over 40 percent of spending at the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Everett, R. E.; And Others – 1996
This book updates the classic text "Public School Fund Accounting Principles and Procedures" (Tidwell 1960). The book is designed to be used primarily as a textbook at the graduate level with students training to be school administrators, school business administrators, or principals. A list of topics covered include an overview of school…
Descriptors: Bookkeeping, Budgeting, Budgets, Educational Finance
Cardenas, Jose A. – 1997
This book chronicles the history of school finance reform in Texas between 1968 and 1995. Specifically, the book focuses on the substantial changes in the method of funding Texas public schools, aimed at creating a more equitable system of educational opportunity. The author, Dr. Jose A. Cardenas, founded the Intercultural Development Research…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Educational Change