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Leveling the Playing Field:
Creating Funding Equity Through Student-Based Budgeting
by Karen Hawley Miles, Kathleen Ware, and Marguerite Roza
Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Traces the Cincinnati Public School district process of moving to a system of student-based budgeting: funding children rather than staff members and weighting the funding according to the schools’ and student’s needs.
Tags:
school systems,
resource allocation,
per pupil spending
by D. McAdams, M. Wisdom, S. Glover, A. McClellan
Center for Reform of School Systems, 2003
A report written for the Education Commission of the States by the Center for Reform of School Systems. December 2003. Using case studies from Boston, Cincinnati and Houston, authors provide strategies for creation of an effective district accountability system.
Tags:
school systems,
accountability
by Karen Hawley Miles
American Education Finance Association, January 2003
Draft of chapter for American Education Finance Association 2003 Yearbook School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections.
Tags:
teaching effectiveness,
professional development,
human capital,
teaching
ERS, 2002
A study of Chicago district Public Schools and tools for aligning professional development to student achievement. Published in partnership with Education Resource Strategies, 2002
Tags:
teaching effectiveness,
professional development,
human capital,
teaching
by Karen Hawley Miles and Matthew Hornbeck
ERS, 2001
After four years of implementing Student’s First, a powerful strategic plan for improving student performance, the Cincinnati Public School System has put structures in place to encourage district wide improvement.
Tags:
teaching effectiveness,
professional development,
human capital,
teaching
Reinvesting in Teachers:
Aligning District Professional Development to Support a Strategy of Comprehensive School Reform
by Karen Hawley Miles and Matthew Hornbeck
New American Schools, 2000
This article explores options for rethinking how best to support teachers and schools in meeting higher standards.
Tags:
teaching effectiveness,
professional development,
human capital,
teaching
by Karen Hawley Miles, 1999
ERS performed a repeat analysis in 2001 which showed resources being used in much more focused, integrated ways to support the district wide professional development strategy. An additional Professional Development audit, performed by Rachel Curtis, Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, using the ERS coding scheme, has resulted in recommendations…
Tags:
teaching effectiveness,
professional development,
human capital,
teaching