Baker, B. D., Ferrie, D., & Sciarra, D. G. (2016). Mind the gap: 20 years of progress and retrenchment in school funding and achievement gaps. Policy Information Report and ETS Research Report Series, 16(15), 1-37. Web.
The report’s main argument is that increased investment in public schools increases the competitiveness of teachers’ salaries. The authors use 20 years of financial data from various school districts and related academic literature as evidence. The study illustrates that higher costs for public schools lead to lower student-to-teacher ratios and higher teachers’ salaries. The resource is beneficial for research as it provides a perspective on the impact of changes in the funding structure on the quality of public education and teacher salaries. This report presents the broad political and economic context of this topic. This resource can be used with other studies highlighting more public-school funding patterns and providing a historical perspective. The information is based on official data and contains many calculations and graphs. Since the conclusions are made based on testing empirical data, the resource is devoid of bias. The purpose of the resource is to compare the structure of public school funding over the past 20 years and highlight the dynamics. This resource allowed us to form a more comparative view of the topic. It can be used to make comparisons based on other sources.
Churchill, A. (2021). Ohio’s budget bill makes major changes to K–12 education policy. Fordham Institute. Web.
The main argument of the resource is that the regulatory budget for public schools for 2022-2023, presented in 2021 by House Bill 110, will significantly affect the structure of their funding. The evidence cited by the actor is the provisions of the bill that affect public schools. The article emphasizes that in 2022-2023, a cost increase for public schools is envisaged. This resource is helpful for research because it allows you to consider current legislative initiatives related to the topic. The article provides the political context for the topic under consideration. Compared to other resources, the author offers the most up-to-date information about the current dynamics in the area. The article is based on the points of the legislative document, which makes it reliable. The article does not contain the opinion of the author, only the reporting of facts, which makes it unbiased. The resource’s purpose is to highlight legislators’ current actions regarding public schools funding. The article helps to create a modern view of the topic and compares the dynamics with earlier periods. The resource helped underline that, now, legislators are trying to transform the public school funding structure.
Gervin, D. (1973). An information processing model of salary determination in a contour of suburban school districts. American Educational Research Journal, 10(1), 5-20.
The article’s main argument is that teachers’ salaries in the suburbs are influenced by decisions made in the central city and neighboring districts. The authors present evidence based on calculations within the Dunlop-Ross model. The authors argue that many different factors influence board decisions about teacher salaries, but the suburbs have less freedom. This resource is handy for research as it provides a perspective on how various factors within a district influence teacher salary decisions. The article provides both political and economic context for the topic and is closely related to the article by Wagner and Porter (2000), which reaches similar conclusions. The article uses calculations within an economic model’s framework as data, making the information reliable and unbiased. The purpose of the resource is to explain the decision-making process in public schools regarding teachers’ salaries. This resource allows you to form an economic point of view on the topic and consider the interaction of various factors. This article has redefined the topic by emphasizing that many schools face different constraints and pressures when making decisions.
Henry, M. (2021). Most Columbus-area schools to receive modest increase as part of school-funding overhaul. The Columbus Dispatch. Web.
The article provides an overview of the changes in school funding envisaged by the two-year Fair School Funding Plan. Evidence of the source is the provisions of this plan proposed and adopted by legislators. The author emphasizes that the plan is about changing how the state finances schools. The source is helpful for research as it details how these changes will affect various school districts in Ohio. The article provides political, economic, and social contexts and discusses the implications of abuse for students and teachers. This resource is linked to other sources as it allows you to trace the historical perspective of funding. The information is reliable and unbiased because it uses the terms of the plan and does not provide an estimate. The purpose of the resource is to provide an overview of upcoming changes in public school funding in Ohio. The resource helps form the argument by providing the latest information on the topic. The flock allowed us to look at the topic under consideration from the perspective of varying degrees of influence of legislation depending on the school district.
Legislative Service Commission. (2008). School funding complete resource. Legislative Service Commission. Web.
This resource provides an overview of the public school budget structure in Ohio in 2008. The report provides information on all sources of school funding with many graphs and tables. This paper can be used in a study to examine the impact House Bill 920 has had on school funding over the years. This document provides the political and economic context. The information is provided by the Ohio government, which makes it reliable and unbiased. The aim of the domain is to provide a complete overview of the public school funding structure in the state. This report allowed us to form a more complete view of the topics, taking into account the various sources of funding and factors influencing it.
Mingat, A., & Tan, J. P. (2003). On the mechanics of progress in primary education. Economics of Education Review, 22, 455-467. Web.
The article’s main argument is that with the increase in the country’s wealth, there is an increase in public funding for primary schools and a fall in teachers’ salaries relative to GNP. The primary evidence presented by the authors is also mathematical calculations based on data aggregation. The authors argue that in developed countries, the student-teacher ratio is actively decreasing, leading to a drop in teachers’ salaries. This resource is helpful for research as it offers a perspective on the impact of policy interventions in changing the pattern of public school funding. It provides context for the development of the funding structure depending on the country’s level of development and its participation in the education system. This resource can be used along with other resources to explore the political background of a topic. The information presented in the article is based on mathematical calculations; therefore, it is reliable and devoid of bias. The article opened a new perspective on how political interventions affect education funding. The resource allows you to form an argument about the topic from the perspective of changes in work and teachers’ salaries.
Spruyt, B., Van Droogenbroeck, F., Van Den Borre, L., Emery, L., Keppens, G., & Siongers, J. (2021). Teachers’ perceived societal appreciation: PISA outcomes predict whether teachers feel valued in society. International Journal of Educational Research, 109, 1-12. Web.
The main argument of the article is that teachers feel more valued in society if they have a high level of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. As evidence, the authors use observations and surveys of tens of thousands of teachers in 25 countries around the world. The study shows that salary levels also affect teacher job satisfaction. This peer review is useful for research as it allows for assessing the dynamics of teachers’ job satisfaction over the years. The article provides the social and economic context of the topic. Conclusions are made on the basis of empirical and theoretical data, which makes the information reliable and unbiased. The purpose of the resource is to find a correlation between the level of salary in conjunction with other factors and the level of motivation of teachers. This resource allowed me to develop a personal and psychological perspective of the research and also helped to look at the topic from a more humanistic point of view.
Wagner, G. A., & Porter, T. S. (2000). Location effects and the determination of beginning teacher salaries: evidence from Ohio. Education Economics, 8(2), 109-127. Web.
This article’s main argument is that the teachers’ salaries in the district are significantly affected by the teachers’ wages in neighboring districts. The researchers propose calculations within the econometric model of geographic location. In other words, the article argues that increasing teacher salaries in one district also led to increases in different, even remote, districts. This resource is beneficial as it provides a perspective on public school funding in Ohio from 1996-1997. Compared to other resources, this article is a valuable historical reference based on reliable data. The resource is also unbiased as it is conducted using mathematical calculations and presents conclusions based on them. The resource is helpful for research as it allows you to form a historical view of the topic under consideration. This resource can describe Ohio public school funding at the turn of the century and provides for tracking possible changes when combined with newer data.