Blog Post 9

Annotated Bibliography

Loewenberg, A. (n.d.). School Finance - EdCentral. Retrieved November 14, 2016, from http://www.edcentral.org/edcyclopedia/school-finance/

This article is a great source for my This I Believe essay. My essay is going to focus partly on the way public schools are funded in the United States and what I believe about it based on my findings. This article is great for further research into this topic, because it outlines the main sources of funding in schools. It breaks it up into the three main categories of funding which include Federal, State, and local funding. The article also depicts the funding in the highest and lowest funded areas throughout the country. The article goes into detail about schools revenue. The article goes into a description of courts role in this funding issue as well. The article will be extremely helpful because it has a lot of information about the array of issues facing school funding, but in an easy understandable way. Although, all the sections don’t go into great detail, they do give at least some idea and a basis of knowledge about many of the financial disparities to start my research with.

 

Federal Role in Education. (n.d.). Retrieved November 14, 2016, from http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/role.html

This is another great source. First, it is very helpful because it is a government source, so it gives the perspective of what the government thinks of the issue or if they don’t feel there is one. This is helpful because a lot of what I am most likely to look at is probably going to be against what the government is giving schools for funding. This article is important, because it gives a different perspective then that and when doing research it is very important to have more then one perspective. The article also gives the history of the governments involvement in educational funding nationwide as well as what is currently happening with the topic. The article explains how government’s role may be small, which is what a lot of people have issue with, but it is hard worked and important to the nations educational success. This article definitely gives me and interesting perspective to work with.

 

Baker, B. (n.d.). Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card. Retrieved November 14, 2016, from http://www.schoolfundingfairness.org/National_Report_Card_2016.pdf

This article is extremely helpful because it is very detailed. It also includes a website that explains the article more in depth which I found the original article through. The main goal of the article is to study each state and identify which states get particular funding. The goal of the article or the National Report Card (NRC) is to asses the equality of funding given to each state throughout the United States. The article shows where each states money is coming from and why, based on a number of things. It provides people with a basis to see where money is going and coming from and why. Because of this article adjustments are able to be made based on the results, or at least that’s the goal. I’d like to really look into this article and see if the right adjustments are being made or if the states with the least funding are still underachieving and schools are suffering despite this NRC. The NRC is an attempt to make things fair, but I want to study if it really does. The NRC gives me a lot of information to work with as well.

 

10 Facts About K-12 Education Funding. (2005, June). Retrieved November 14, 2016, from http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/10facts/index.html?exp

This article is beneficial because it gives a basic background and knowledge as to where the money comes from in federally and state funded schools. It just gives me a solid idea of why and where certain money comes from. The article basically just goes over what you would think are frequently asked questions about school funding. I like the article because it kind of strikes me as a school funding information page for dummies, so basically everything you need to know in ten quick explanations. I will use it just as a back and forth reference, just to keep my facts straight and know that the information I’m writing about in my This I Believe essay is actually correct in its original basis.