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NCLB Focuses On Data Tools.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 5/5/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 35, p12-17. 5p.
Abstract: The article focuses on the U.S. states which are investing millions of dollars to build data systems that will offer teachers what policymakers hope will be clear-cut strategies to improve student achievement. Many state data systems are antiquated and...
Finance Snapshots.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 1/6/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p60-76. 10p.
Abstract: This article focuses on school funding system. No two states finance their public schools exactly alike. Each summary includes a basic description of the funding formula, including any major weights or categorical programs that the state uses to target...
A Level Playing Field.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 1/6/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p40-48. 6p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart.
Abstract: This article reports that New Jersey's Abbott v. Burke lawsuit set the Garden State on a bold new path for financing schools in its neediest districts. To Joseph M. Ferraina, one need only cruise this humble seaside town, and then its hyper-posh neighb...
Making Every Dollar Count.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 1/6/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p16-26. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Map.
Abstract: This article reports that as expectations for schools rise and money remains tight, policymakers and educators face growing pressure to strengthen the connection between K-12 spending policies and academic results. Contrary to widespread opinion, short...
The Bottom Line.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 1/6/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p28-36. 6p. 4 Charts.
Abstract: This article reports that school finance experts may have refined their models for determining how much it should cost to adequately educate students, but that doesn't mean they always agree on the results. For the past 15 years, school finance experts...
Financial Evolution.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 1/6/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 17, p8-14. 6p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Charts, 1 Map.
Abstract: This article reports that faced with lawsuits, higher expectations for academic performance and limited funding, state policymakers are looking for new and better ways to finance public education. States are at a crossroads over how they raise and dist...
CALENDAR.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Teacher Magazine. Jan/Feb2004, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p57-63. 7p.
Abstract: This article presents application deadlines for grants and fellowships available to individuals and schools in the United States. As part of its Leadership for a Changing World program, the Ford Foundation, in partnership with the Advocacy Institute an...
MONEY TROUBLES.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 6/11/2003, Vol. 22 Issue 40, p21. 4p. 3 Color Photographs.
Abstract: On November, 2003, voters of Colorado approved a $213 million bond to build 10 schools for the rapidly growing system. Just before thanksgiving, district leaders said they had found a nearly $14 million hole in the system's $122 million budget. Regardl...
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 10/10/2001, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p36. 5p. 1 Color Photograph.
Abstract: Reports the grant of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the creation of a small high school in Seattle, Washington. Abolition of a plan to build a nontraditional high school concept; Study on superiority between the academic performance of small and...
Urban Renewal. (cover story)
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Education Week. 06/13/2001, Vol. 20 Issue 40, p32. 4p. 5 Color Photographs.
Abstract: Reports the deterioration of public schools in New Jersey. Infusion of state aid to schools; Boom of school construction; Condemnation of the building section of Hawthorne Elementary School. INSET: ABOUT THIS SERIES..