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Malhoit, Gregory C. – Rural School and Community Trust, 2005
Current means of determining the level of state education funding have denied millions of the nation's children access to a quality education by not providing schools with the resources they need to properly educate all children. It has also created and perpetuated wide gaps in education funding between wealthy and poor school districts. The…
Descriptors: Rural Population, Educational Quality, Costs, Community Involvement
Johnson, Jerry; Malhoit, Greg – Rural School and Community Trust, 2004
This policy brief is intended to highlight some of the leading policy issues faced by states, local school districts, policymakers, education leaders, and concerned citizens. State and local policies vary appreciably, a definitive statement on how school finances can and should be managed in every setting is beyond the scope of this paper. Rather,…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Educational Finance, Budgeting, Rural Schools
Coladarci, Theodore – Rural School and Community Trust, 2003
Indicators of school-level achievement, such as the percentage of students who are proficient in a particular content area, are subject to random year-to-year variation in much the same way that the results of an opinion poll will vary from one random sample to another. This random variation, which is more pronounced for a small school, should be…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Intervals, Educational Improvement, Accountability
Jimerson, Lorna – Rural School and Community Trust, 2004
The report has three sections. The first section is a chart that examines each of the 12 policy areas and describes its significance for rural schools. For each area, the most "rural-sensitive" position has been identified. The second section examines how each of these 12 policy areas is treated in the NCLB plan for 15 of the most "rural" states.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Rural Schools, Data Analysis