In 2016, a group of school finance scholars and public school practitioners gathered in Jacksonville, Florida, for the National Education Finance Academy's annual conference to discuss, among an array of topics, the state of P-20 finance in all 50 states. At the roundtable discussion, 36 states were represented, and scholars representing 30 states…

New federal regulations (State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators)1 place increased pressure on states and local public school districts to improve their measurement and reporting of gaps in teacher qualifications across schools and the children they serve. Yet a sole focus on resource disparities between schools within a…

The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement undertook an examination of schools and districts in which thoughtful and well-articulated use of federal, state, and local funds has resulted in innovative and effective reform that can be replicated or adapted in other, similar sites. They reviewed research on district improvement…

It is widely recognized throughout the health care industry that the United States leads the world in health care spending per capita. However, the chilling dose of reality for American health care consumers is that for all of their spending, the World Health Organization ranks the country's health care system 37th in overall performance--right…

The system that finances Michigan's schools from kindergarten through 12th grade is a perennial topic of conversation among policymakers, parents, taxpayers and voters. A constructive discussion of this issue, however, requires a sound knowledge of the financial workings of Michigan's elementary and secondary school system. This knowledge is…

A large body of literature examines disparities in school funding across districts. Berne and Stiefel (1984) developed the standard framework for measuring school finance equity, and the measures catalogued there have been applied extensively to assess funding disparities across districts. Much of this literature has focused on measures of…

Basic educational data, for fall 1974, on all public elementary and secondary day schools in the United States, the District of Columbia, and some outlying areas under U.S. jurisdiction are presented in this report. National trend data since fall 1970 are included for selected items. Detailed data, by state or other area, are provided on the…

The main body of this directory lists for each district, in alphabetical order by county and State, the following information: name of unit; pupils; teachers; tax returns by high, middle, and low income; adjusted gross incomes per pupil and per teacher; and total income tax per pupil and per teacher. Summary totals by county and State are also…

This second volume of a two-volume study contains statistical analyses of the school funding systems in each of the 50 States. Three tables document existing disparities in the States' methods of raising and distributing funds for education. A fourth table indicates the approximate additional cost of equalizing per-pupil expenditure within each…

Four selected aspects of school finance in 1,750 rural counties (1,199 multi-district and 551 single district) located in 44 states were examined: (1) annual salaries of instructional staffs; (2) total per pupil expenditures, in average daily attendance; (3) expenditures for pupil transportation; and (4) relationships between school salaries and…

This brochure presents 30 reprints of short articles selected from American Education from November 1971 through November 1972. (EA)

Quality Education Data is an education research firm identifies and tracks the use of technology in education. QED surveyed a selection of all public school districts and schools in the United States about technology trends. This report provides statistics for hardware, software, and network purchases in K-12 schools for 1996-97 as compared to…

Examined were the differences which existed in schools among the following four types of school districts during 1933-34: those including no urban territory; those in large cities of more than 10,000 population; those in small cities of 2,500 to 10,000 population; and those including both rural and urban territories. Data were obtained from the…

On most international comparisons of educational achievement, United States' schools fare poorly. A closer look at how several foreign countries educate their children, as well as the political process for setting educational policies, suggests a multitude of initiatives that could be profitably adapted to the American educational system. A survey…