Costs of Education
Costs of Education

Author: Betty Cox

Publisher: DEStech Publications, Inc

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1885432542

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How schools budget and spend the money they receiveAnalyzes links (or their absence) to educational goalsA candid guide to how resources are used in schools Based on extensive research and hands-on school budgeting, this volume is a systematic exposition of how money is collected and spent in the thousands of public school districts in the US, as well as parochial, private and charter schools. The volume explains both the paper trail of how money is allocated in budgets and justified in outlays, as well as the decision-making steps authorizing the collection and spending of funds. A thesis of the book is that money for schools should in all instances contribute to the promotion of educational goals. The book shows that the determination of, as well as the realization, of such goals is subject to complexities that result in questionable uses of limited resources--a result that has wide implications.

School Systems, Parent Behavior, and Academic Achievement
School Systems, Parent Behavior, and Academic Achievement

Author: Emma Sorbring

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 3030282775

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This volume takes an international and multidisciplinary approach to understanding students’ academic achievement. It does so by integrating educational literature with developmental psychology and family studies perspectives. Each of the nine chapters focuses on a particular country: China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, or the United States. It describes the country as a cultural context, examines the current school system and parenting in light of the school system, and provides empirical evidence from that country regarding links between parenting and students’ academic achievement. The book highlights similarities and differences in education and parenting across these nine countries - all varying widely in socioeconomic and cultural factors that affect schools and families. The volume contributes to greater understanding of links between parenting and academic performance in different cultural groups. It sheds light on how school systems and parenting are embedded in larger cultural settings that have implications for students’ educational experiences and academic achievement. As two of the most important contexts in which children and adolescents spend time, understanding how schools and families jointly contribute to academic achievement holds promise for advancing the international agenda of promoting quality education for all.

A Quantitative Study of the Horizontal Equity of Alabama State Educational Expenditures from 2007 to 2017
A Quantitative Study of the Horizontal Equity of Alabama State Educational Expenditures from 2007 to 2017

Author: Stephen Clayton Webber

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13:

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The equity of public-school funding within the United States is an extremely popular and controversial topic. It is also a topic of great importance as it relates to the success of America's youth and future generations. There has been a tremendous amount of legal action surrounding school finance and funding models used by school districts across the nation. Close to 25 state supreme courts have declared educational funding models to be unconstitutional due to the existence of inequities, such as unequal local tax levels for districts in the same state. This quantitative study seeks to expand upon prior research, focusing on the horizontal equity of school finance in the state of Alabama. This study will also seek to shed light on the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 upon Alabama school districts. The intent of this piece of the study is to determine if Alabama school districts have fully recovered from the recession and to consider any impact upon equity and funding levels. The sample was comprised of all 138 school districts in the state of Alabama. The district data was divided according to per-pupil expenditures. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze all data sets and look for trends. The McLoone Index was used to measure horizontal equity. ANOVA and t-tests were used to further analyze the total data set, including two main variables: district size and district free & reduced lunch percentages. Additionally, a regression analysis was used to see how much variance the variables may explain in the funding levels among districts. A t-test was used to compare the 2008 data to the 2017 data. The analysis compared the per-pupil expenditures considering local and state contributions in each district.

K-12 Education Finance
K-12 Education Finance

Author: Anthony Rolle

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-01-26

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1135481814

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Education finance researchers tend to organize their thoughts on important issues by considering one of the four foundational perspectives: equity, efficiency, liberty, and adequacy. The six essays presented in this special edition of the Peabody Journal of Education base their work within the context of the four pillars and present new directions for future research. While some of the articles isolate a concept for closer scrutiny, others draw attention to more interactive aspects of the pillars in question. Each article leaves the reader with important information and insightful questions about both the usuage and efficacy of education finance policies.