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International Funding Academically, the United States currently ranges from mediocre to poor when compared to other countries. Researching practices from our international peers will allow the United States, as well as other countries to gain information about current methods that are effective. This will allow us to redirect our goals toward the future direction and development of the school funding system.
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How are other countries funded?
OECD countries are funded similarly to the United States. Public school funding may originate from central, regional, or local sources. Overall, for those countries for which OECD data was available, about half were mainly centrally funded, while the other half were regionally or locally funded.
The allocation of funding to schools:
- Countries may adopt a common rule (e.g. a mathematical formula) for one or more resource categories (mainly teaching staff)
- They may have no systematic rule for this purpose
- The rule used may depend on local-authority
- Countries may also use a limited range of basic indicators (e.g. pupil numbers) to allocate resources to schools or they may use a broad range of indicators, taking into account other factors (e.g. the geographical area).
From: http://www.nfer.ac.uk/research-areas/pims-data/summaries/school-funding-a-review-of-existing-models-in-european-and-oecd-countries.cfm
For a list of OECD countries click here
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