Sentences with phrase «from education finance reform»

Regression Discontinuity Estimates from Education Finance Reform in Massachusetts, NBER Working Paper

Regression - discontinuity estimates from education finance reform in Massachusetts.»

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The Assembly Education Committee deferred for one week a vote on the 69 - page bill by Senator Gary K. Hart, a Democrat from Santa Barbara who offered a school - finance reform measure that is more sweeping than that enacted last year.

The changes launched by Gov. James J. Florio late last month have won praise from middle - income districts that had become vocal critics of the Quality Education Act, the finance - reform law passed in 1990.

Strong chapters on school desegregation, bilingual education, education for the disabled, and school finance all support Davies's argument that «in the 1970s, reform often emanated from... within the federal bureaucracy, from the lower federal courts, and through the energetic efforts of congressional staffers, lobbyists, and public interest law firms.»

The premise of Rethinking School Finance is that the financial issues raised by today's broad - scale education - reform strategies represent a school - finance agenda that is «dramatically different from the traditional concern with fiscal disparities across school districts within states.Finance is that the financial issues raised by today's broad - scale education - reform strategies represent a school - finance agenda that is «dramatically different from the traditional concern with fiscal disparities across school districts within states.finance agenda that is «dramatically different from the traditional concern with fiscal disparities across school districts within states.»

She edited Holding Schools Accountable: Performance Based Reform in Education (Brookings 1996) and was co-chair of a National Academy of Sciences Committee on Education Finance from 1996 - 99.

«The Effects of School Spending on Education and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms.»

According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.

This report from an education reform advocacy group notes that «For digital learning to fulfill its enormous potential, a wholesale reshaping of the reform agenda itself is required, particularly in the realms of school finance and governance.

But the powers that be in government from President Barack Obama on down, support this education reform — financed with more than $ 4 billion of «Race to the Top» funds as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

, Governor Malloy has used a huge loop - hole in Connecticut campaign finance law to benefit from record - breaking spending by the corporate education reform industry group called A Better Connecticut.

«They're going to go down as the worst laws we've looked at,» said Sen. Bert Johnson, a Democrat who has accepted campaign money from both the teacher's union and Democrats for Education Reform, a national Democratic group that support candidates with education platforms that often differ from those of the unions, according to campaign finance records filed with tEducation Reform, a national Democratic group that support candidates with education platforms that often differ from those of the unions, according to campaign finance records filed with teducation platforms that often differ from those of the unions, according to campaign finance records filed with the state.

An updated review of the latest federal and state campaign finance reports reveal that Governor Malloy has collected in excess of $ 70,000 in campaign contributions from individuals associated with the corporate education reform industry.

This framing report and accompanying appendix from College Futures Foundation, aims to support a candid, productive dialogue by presenting a comprehensive analysis of the higher education finance issue and offering a framework for reform.

Amid local efforts to improve education outcomes in districts with fewer resources, superintendents expressed worries last year that lawmakers would not pass meaningful school finance reform without a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court ordering them to do so.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.