For both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses, Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity in a way that is clear, precise, and engaging. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, an understanding of the underlying economic, social, legal, and political principles that drive how schools are funded, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. Rich pedagogical features include chapter opening challenges, chapter drivers, point/counterpoint discussions, case studies, and recommended resources. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on pre-K–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations. New to this edition: Coverage of environmental sustainability and other emerging trends in this unprecedented uncertainty of schools' economic and social environment. Updates to references and overall funding changes since the previous edition. Revised end-of-chapter activities and additional resources that are aligned with the key concepts and content of each chapter. Updated supplemental downloads, including editable PowerPoints.
In the new edition of this essential, all-inclusive text, the authors provide more important research for future principals and others enrolled in graduate-level school finance courses. Written in a style that is highly readable, the book offers strong connections to real-world experiences. Readers get both a broad overview of funding concepts and a detailed examination of daily funding operations and will come away with a deep understanding of the relationship between money and student achievement. New to this edition:Current research on the impact of money on student learning outcomes, New concepts that are gaining traction, such as sustainability, Current web resources and recommended reading
You may not know the names of these unsung heroes. Yet they are quietly yet profoundly changing the lives of those they teach. And those students go on to teach, through actions and words, the compassion of God for all people. Read these heartfelt testimonies and you'll be inspired yourself to be a teacher and ambassador of God's love. - Victoria Rebeck Many of us were guided into the Christian faith and field of Christian education by influential saints of the church; some were famous and well-known, others were just everyday fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Each has had an everlasting impression on us whose actions that we have tried to emulate and pass on to others. This book is an inspirational gift that provides a dynamic reflection of the impact that these servants have had on our futures and the future of the church. - David Melton Faith Formers pares down to the core of the soul. Dr. Patty Meyers gives readers the opportunity to experience the stories of people who've courageously decided to remove the layers of their lives in sharing who has most shaped their faith. By engulfing this rich book, the sweetness of the fruit is cherished. Faith Formers has made space for the writers to share an impactful part of their lives with everyone who turns the pages. It provided me with further healing and growth to give my testimony about the lineage of grandmothers in my life, along with the grandmother who never physically birthed children herself. Faith Formers is sure to inspire, encourage and leave readers feeling satisfied by the testimonies of many. - Sherry Arlena Waters These poignant stories of mentors, spiritual friends, memorable teachers and advocates are not just sentimental nostalgia. They teach us about teaching and about the significance of Christian formation for binding the generations and taking the leap into a hope-filled future. - Susan Willhauck This little volume is a love story. People who have influenced the lives teaching, and calling of Christian educators need to be remembered and that happens here. Those who are remembered in this volume made a difference in the world by teaching and modeling ways of teaching. They helped others to know that they are beloved by God and to respond to their call to teach. - Margaret Ann Crain
this book is divided into four parts: overview and scope of the problem; current challenges to funding of school infrastructure; the future of school infrastructure funding; and conclusion.
For both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses, Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on pre-K–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations. New to this edition: • Cutting edge research on the relationship of money and student learning outcomes, alterations to state aid distribution formulas, new federal education initiatives, and a changing landscape in school finance litigation. • New concepts that have gained traction since the last edition of the book, including school choice and privatization, Common Core State Standards, value-added teacher evaluation, and growth of online options at the K–12 level. • Updated end-of-chapter activities and additional resources that are aligned with the key concepts and content of each chapter. • Online instructor resources
In the new edition of this essential, all-inclusive text, the authors provide more important research for future principals and others enrolled in graduate-level school finance courses. Written in a style that is highly readable, the book offers strong connections to real-world experiences. Readers get both a broad overview of funding concepts and a detailed examination of daily funding operations and will come away with a deep understanding of the relationship between money and student achievement. New to this edition:Current research on the impact of money on student learning outcomes, New concepts that are gaining traction, such as sustainability, Current web resources and recommended reading
The Book of Faith: BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD: GOD/JESUS/ US AS CELESTIAL BEINGS/ evil; speaks out GODS heart for us to know of His Son. Reveals Their oneness. Man will see where their origin is truly from. A look at evils origin. It is to be read in the form of a bible, that gives Spiritual, Chronicle, Historical, Scientific, Biblical information. The Book of Faith, is a download from heaven. All glory belong to HIM...
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