State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Texas

Autor/in	Boswell, Courtney
Titel	State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Texas
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 85 (2010) 1, S.101-103 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Teacher Persistence; Profiles; Demography; Educational Finance; Expenditures; Taxes; Budgets; Income; School Funds; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; School Personnel; Teachers; Public Education; Administrative Organization; Educational Policy; Governance; School Districts; State Legislation; Problems; Hispanic American Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Demografie; Bildungsfonds; Ausgaben; Abgabe; Finanzhaushalt; Einkommen; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Schulpersonal; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Öffentliche Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; School district; Schulbezirk; Landesrecht; Problemsituation; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This article presents the state education finance and governance profile of Texas. In 1854, the Permanent School Fund (PSF) was established by a legislative appropriation of $2 million. Today, the PSF has an approximate balance of $25 billion and continues to receive revenue from state taxes on land and minerals. The State Board of Education manages the fund along with the guidance from the Committee of Investment Advisors, in which each board member selects one advisor. The state department governing education is the Texas Education Agency (TEA). TEA is led by the Commissioner of Education, a governor-appointed position. The current top priorities of the TEA are to prepare students for college, adequately address the needs of the state's changing student population, and lower attrition among effective teachers. Most important, Texas has been a recognized leader for innovative education reform practices and has paved the road to increase accountability for student achievement and graduation rates across all states. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10