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Dingerson, Leigh – Rethinking Schools, 2010
Washington, D.C., is leading the transformation of urban public education across the country--at least according to "Time" magazine, which featured D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee on its cover, wearing black and holding a broom. But there is nothing remarkably visionary going on in Washington. The model of school reform that is…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Educational Change, Public Education, Public Schools
Wainer, Howard – 1993
In June 1993 the "Wall Street Journal" carried a table of data prepared by the Heritage Foundation that listed the states in order of the average amount they expend on each public school student. The table also contained each state's rank on the average score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the rank of each state in the average…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wainer, Howard – Educational Researcher, 1993
Inferences that spending money (high average per pupil expenditure) does not improve education are questioned because of obvious differences in cost of living; in-state differences; differences in costs and demographic differences; and comparing average measures with measures from a nonrandom sample (Scholastic Aptitude Test scores). (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness