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Download full textBaker, Bruce – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
This brief is based upon a report that reviewed research on the role of money in determining school quality. The research documents that resource investments matter for student outcomes, especially when they are directed to under-resourced districts and students from low-income families. The research also shows that spending resources in ways that…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, Public Schools, Resource Allocation
Caruso, Emily; Schunko, Christoph; Corbera, Esteve; Ruiz Mallén, Isabel; Vogl, Christian R.; Martin, Gary; Arrázola, Susana; Bandeira, Fábio Pedro; Calvo Boyero, Diana; Camacho Benavides, Claudia; Cardoso, Thiago Mota; Chan-Dzul, Albert; Conde, Esther; del Campo García, Carlos; Huanca, Tomás; Sampaio, José Augusto Laranjeiras; Oliveros Lopez, Sara; Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz Betancourt, Olga – Journal of Research Practice, 2016
This article explores the relationship between institutional funding for research and community-based or co-enquiry research practice. It examines the implementation of co-enquiry research in the COMBIOSERVE project, which was funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for research and innovation, between the years 2012 and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Research, Community Involvement, Inquiry
Ginley, Kristine – Online Submission, 2016
For the "Baby Boomer" generation, there exists inequality and injustice in education, both in dollars spent on education/programs and in amount of study devoted to their learning needs. "When the first baby boomers turned 65 in 2011, there were just under 77 million baby boomers in the population" (Colby & Ortman, 2014).…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Funding Formulas
Direct linkLafortune, Julien – Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
This document contains the technical appendices for the report "Targeted K-12 Funding and Student Outcomes: Evaluating the Local Control Funding Formula." Appendices include: (1) Data Sources and Sample Construction; (2) Estimating Effects on Student Outcomes; (3) Estimating Targeting Using School Site Spending Data; and (4) Supplemental…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education
Plank, David N.; Humphrey, Daniel C.; O'Day, Jennifer – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
In this brief we summarize findings from three surveys that sought to learn how county offices of education (COEs) are changing in response to the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the Statewide System of Support (SSS). COEs have been assigned critically important responsibilities in the implementation of these…
Descriptors: Counties, Public Agencies, Agency Role, Funding Formulas
Gutierrez, Emily; Terrones, Fanny – Urban Institute, 2023
Across the United States, students attending rural school districts can face different obstacles than their urban counterparts, particularly rural students from households living below the federal poverty level. But how rural districts are defined can vary by federal, state, and local entity and can sometimes not capture the difficulties specific…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, School Districts, Definitions
Fazlul, Ishtiaque; Koedel, Cory; Parsons, Eric – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022
Measures of student disadvantage--or risk--are critical components of equity-focused education policies. However, the risk measures used in contemporary policies have significant limitations, and despite continued advances in data infrastructure and analytic capacity, there has been little innovation in these measures for decades. We develop a new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Prediction, Disadvantaged
Kissel, Julie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of the study was to understand the institutional forces that constructed and shaped the function, nature of funding, and governance of Washtenaw Community College (WCC). This qualitative, historical case study built on organizational theory used archival research to identify themes and the institutional building blocks for the junior…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Community Colleges, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Holly, Neal; Fulton, Mary – Education Commission of the States, 2017
Concerned with low on-time graduation rates, state lawmakers continue to turn to outcomes-based funding (OBF) as one policy approach to support postsecondary degree attainment and workforce goals. Policymakers have also been confronted with constituent complaints about student debt loads, course schedules and academic programs that force students…
Descriptors: State Aid, Funding Formulas, Outcomes of Education, School Holding Power
Education Trust-West, 2017
California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) promised to give more resources to the students who need the most: English learners, foster youth, and low-income students. So, how well is California's new education funding system delivering on that promise? The Education Trust-West's report, "The Steep Road to Resource Equity in California…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Educational Equity (Finance), Resource Allocation
Education Trust-West, 2018
In January, Governor Jerry Brown released his 2018-19 proposed budget, which includes a proposal to dramatically change the way California funds its community colleges. This student-focused funding formula would allocate resources based, in part, on student needs and community college district performance. If implemented well, this approach would…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Educational Equity (Finance), Funding Formulas
Marsh, Julie A.; Hall, Michelle; Allbright, Taylor; Tobben, Laura; Mulfinger, Laura; Kennedy, Kate; Daramola, Eupha Jeanne – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
In 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) with a clear mandate for democratic involvement in district goal setting and budgeting. School districts are expected to organize "meaningful engagement" of key stakeholders, including parents, students, educators, and the broader community, in…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, School District Autonomy, Stakeholders, Educational Finance
Dragoo, Kyrie E. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
Since the enactment of P.L. 94-142, the predecessor legislation to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), in 1975, the federal government has played a prominent role in encouraging the principle of educational equality for children with disabilities through a permanent, broad-scale federal assistance program. The IDEA is a grants…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Farrie, Danielle; Luhm, Theresa; Johnson, Monete – Education Law Center, 2015
The objective of this policy brief is to explain the purpose of adjustment aid in New Jersey's school funding formula and to correct several misconceptions about the level of aid and how it is distributed. The main conclusions include: (1) The amount of adjustment aid in the funding formula is currently overstated in the "informational"…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Misconceptions, Resource Allocation
Needham, Chris; Houck, Eric A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2019
North Carolina special education funding utilizes a dollar allotment per identified student, applying a funding cap based on a percentage of district average daily membership. While representing an attempt to reduce over-identification of students with special needs the funding cap has led to large systematic disparities in district fiscal…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support
