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10/22/2004
Equity and Adequacy: Americans Speak on Public School Funding. A majority of Americans recognize that there are significant differences in the quality of schools in high- and low-income areas, and they worry about an over-reliance on property taxes as a way to fund schools, according to a national survey released by Educational Testing Service. (Forum Brief)
3/14/2003
Why Rural Matters 2003: The Continuing Need for Every State to Take Action on Rural Education, with Rachel B. Tompkins, President, and Marty Strange, Policy Director, The Rural Trust; and William J. Mathis, Superintendent of Schools for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union in Brandon, Vermont. (Forum Brief)
2/7/2003
Sustained Funding for Youth and Out-of-School Time Programs: Perspectives from Cities, with Margaret Brodkin, Coleman Associates for Children and Youth, Janice Ellis, Partnership for Children, and Jeanne Mullgrav (invited), Commissioner, Department of Youth and Community Development. (Forum Brief)
6/21/2002
Dimensions of School-Community Collaboration: What It Takes to Make Collaboration Work, with Julie King-Leutnegger, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Mary Hallums, Executive Director, Comprehensive Reform, Sumter School District #2, Sumter, SC; Ann M. Foster, Director, Research and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning, Poudre School District, Fort Collins, CO; and Irv Katz, President/CEO, National Assembly/National Collaboration for Youth. (Forum Brief)
4/12/2002
Moving an Out-of-School Agenda : Lessons and Challenges Across Cities, co-sponsored with the Youth Investment Forum, with Deborah Craig, Executive Director, YouthNet of Greater Kansas City; Renae Ogletree, Director, Youth Services Division, Chicago Department of Human Services; Joan Wynn, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. (Forum Brief)
7/12/2001
Financing and Resource Issues in High School Reform. (Discussion Group)
2/18/2000
Use of TANF Funds for After-School and Community School Programming, with The Finance Project and local practitioners. (Forum Brief)
3/5/1999
Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future, a compelling analysis of government by initiative and its effects on California, with author Peter Schrag. (Forum Brief)
12/5/1997
When Money Matters: How Educational Expenditures Improve Student Performance and How They Don't, with Harold Wenglinsky, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service. (Forum Brief)

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Word document 		Finance and Resource Issues in High School Reform
This report summarizes discussions between education and youth development leaders regarding the need to address financial and resource issues in high school reform. These topics were identified as being serious obstacles to meaningful reform in the 2000 American Youth Policy Forum report, High Schools of the Millennium. Inside, the reader will find participants’ thoughts on how education reformers might address challenges in four distinct areas: 1) allocation and alignment of resources to support standards-based reform and higher expectations for all students, 2) generating resources for the interventions and specialized programs necessary to support the learning of students with special needs, 3) allocating resources to support learning in alternative education settings, and 4) developing funding strategies for dual enrollment programs.