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Financing Education Options for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth in Michigan: Report and Recommendations for State Policy (2008)
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This report is the result of a study of existing education finance policy and programming in the state of Michigan. Research was conducted in the spring and summer of 2008 by the NYEC with funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In focusing on how Michigan state policies affect the financing of education options, NYEC seeks to enable and encourage Michigan and its communities to develop policies that facilitate the creation of viable education options and multiple pathways to a high school diploma for struggling students at risk of dropping out and for those who have already left school. The report offers specific recommendations for improving the policy climate for the expansion of education options, describing policies and initiatives in other states that Michigan might consider. |
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Funding Student Learning: How to Align Education Resources with Student Learning Goals - Oct. 2008
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The report summarizes the work of eleven scholars. It both describes the problems with state school finance systems and offers solutions. Key ingredients in the recipe for fixing broken school finance systems are:
- Allow dollars to follow students to their schools
- Integrate resource decisions with instructional plans; measure and analyze results of different expenditures
- Actively support continuous student improvement
- Define and fund a research and development agenda that expands what we know about effective resource use
- Make resource use and academic achievement central to financial reporting practices, and use funding contingencies to create fair and meaningful accountability
The report was produced by the School Finance Redesign Project (SFRP), with funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act - Oct. 2008
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A bill created to establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes. Introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on September 25, 2008.
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Children's Budget Act - September 2008
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A bill introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on July 26, 2008. A similar bill is expected to be introduced by Rep. Danny Davis by the end of the year - Sept 30, 2008 |
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Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 - September 2008
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This bill reauthorizes the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. - Sept. 30, 2008 |
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Federal Youth Coordination Act - September 2008
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The bill will create a White House Office of National Youth Policy with the goal of coordinating youth programs across federal agencies. In addition to fostering interagency collaboration, the bill will also coordinate federal research, replicate model programs, and authorize grants to sate youth advisory boards and coordinating entities. Furthermore, the Director of the White House Office of National Youth Policy will be required to submit a "National Youth Strategy" to the President and Congress each year. Introduced by Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) on September 24. - Sept. 29 |
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT: ECONOMIC STIMULUS AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH MARCH 2009 - Sept. 2008
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Legislative Alert for members providing information on the most recent federal legislative developments and encouraging members to contact their lawmakers to ask for increased funding for youth employment. - September 26, 2008 |
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Expanding Options: State Financing of Education Pathways for Struggling Students and Out-of-School Youth (2008)
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These profiles of state policy in Indiana, Massachusetts, and North Carolina examine how various education options are accessing public funds in three states. They contextualize the funding of education options within larger secondary education reform and dropout prevention and recovery efforts and provide a close look at state education funding policy in each of the three states. Building on previous work of the National Youth Employment Coalition, each profile begins with a one-page overview of the secondary education reform context, major dropout prevention and recovery efforts, and funding of education options in the state. Overviews are followed by more in-depth discussion of these areas, as well as detailed information on state funding of public education in each state and examples of how state policy affects programming at the local level. |
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The Funding Gap (January 2008)
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The seventh in a series of annual reports, The Funding Gap includes state-by-state analyses of funding trends from 1999 to 2005, comparing the resources available to school districts serving the highest percentages of low-income students and students of color to the resources available to districts serving the lowest percentages of such students. For the first time, the report also compares funding available to school districts serving the high percentages of English language learners (ELL) to that available to districts serving the lowest percentages of ELL. Using data for the eight states with the highest percentages of English learners, the report finds that high-ELL districts generally receive less financial support than do districts with few or no ELL students. |
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Toward a Brighter Future: An Essential Agenda for America's Young People - September 2008
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These policy recommendations for the 111th Congress and the incoming President will begin to help lift children out of poverty and poor health, keep them safe, elevate our educational system to equip children for the 21st century, and engage youth in the nation's communities. Making the changes proposed in this document can save money, improve health, strengthen families, produce a more educated workforce for coming decades, and lay a base for an America that will thrive into the next century. - September 11, 2008 |
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