Reports & Publications
Good Schools Pennsylvania has compiled the following resources to aid those who want to learn more about the issues of public education. This collection includes many resources with data that is unique to Pennsylvania. If you feel there is a work integral to this debate which we are missing, please contact us.
- Publications from Good Schools Pennsylvania
- Reports on School Funding
- Reports on School Accountability
- Reports on Proven Educational Practices
Publications from Good Schools Pennsylvania (PDF)
Spring 2007 Newsletter (PDF)
Costing-out study gets underway; The high cost of mis-education; Legislative postcard campaign; Harrisburg advocacy day; Summer school; Thaddeus Stevens Day; 2007-08 Education Budget; Reports from the field; Spotlight on Community: YorkCounts
Fall 2006 Newsletter (PDF)
Costing out becomes reality in PA; The 2006-2007 education budget makes progress; Good Schools needs you; Good Schools campaign activities, Spotlight on advocacy; Education and the November elections
Spring 2006 Newsletter (PDF)
Making progress through the 2006-2007 education budget; Costing Out: A Challenge to Pennsylvania; Costing Out: Learning from Other States; Costing Out: Learning from Allentown; Costing Out: Key Facts; Make education a key issue in the 2006 elections
Informational Brochure (PDF)
Pennsylvania education facts; About Good Schools PA; Are we making progress; How can you get involved; How to contact us
2003 Stand for Children (PDF)
From January through June 2003, more than 7,500 people participated in rallies in Harrisburg. With the permission of Founding Council member, Marian Wright Edelman, this initiative was called The Stand for Children. The report details the history of the event.
Reports on School Funding
Augenblick, Palaich, and Associates, Inc. (2006). Identifying and Meeting the Economic Challenges Facing the Allentown School District (PDF). Prepared for Education 2010!
Berliner, David C. & Biddle, Bruce J. Biddle (2003). What Research Says About Unequal Funding for Schools in America (PDF). Education Policy Reports Project.
Cooley, William W. & Pomponio, Debra (1993). The Financial Equity Debate (PDF). University of Pittsburgh.
Hillman, Arnold (2001). The History of School Funding in Pennsylvania (PDF). A Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools Monograph.
Hillman, Arnold (2003). The State of Rural Education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2003 (PDF). Presented to the House Education Committee. Pennsylvania Association for Rural and Small Schools.
National Education Association (2005). Report on Federal Education Budget for FY05 Pennsylvania (PDF). Prepared by Fiscal Planning Services, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland.
Reschovsky, Andrew & Imazeki, Jennifer (2000). Achieving Educational Adequacy through School Finance Reform (PDF). University of Pennsylvania.
Walters, Donald L. (1999). Big City Resource Inequalities: The Philadelphia Story (PDF). Presented at the National Conference on Creating the Quality School, Oklahoma City.
Walters, Donald L. (1996). Rural Schools: Resource Inequalities Persist (PDF). Presented at the National Conference on Creating the Quality School, Oklahoma City.
Reports on School Accountability
Ferguson, Ronald (2006). Recent Research on the Achievement Gap: How lifestyle factors and classroom culture affect black-white differences. Harvard Education Letter.
Goertz, Margaret E. The Federal Role in Defining "Adequate Yearly Progress": The Flexibility/Accountability Trade-Off (PDF). Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Hall, Daria & Kennedy, Shana (2006). Primary Progress, Secondary Challenge: A State-by-State Look at Student Acheivement (PDF). The Education Trust, Washington DC.
Rotherham, Andrew J. (2004). Opportunity and Responsibility for National Board Certified Teachers (PDF). Progressive Policy Institution, Washington, DC.
Reports on Proven Educational Practices
Berliner, David C. & Biddle, Bruce J. Biddle (2002). What Research Says About Small Class Sizes & Their Effects (PDF). Education Policy Reports Project.
Gayl, Chrisanne L. (2004) After-School Programs: Expanding Access and Ensuring Quality (PDF). Progressive Policy Institution, Washington, DC.
Governor's Commission on Training America's Teachers (2006). Final Report: Investing in Great Teachers for all Students. Harrisburg, PA.
Kreuger, Alan B. & Whitmore, Diane M. (2001). Would Smaller Classes Help Close the Black-White Achievement Gap? (PDF) Princeton University, New Jersey.
Molnar, Alex (1998). Smaller Classers Not Vouchers Improve Student Achievement (PDF). Keystone Research Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
National Education Association (2004). NEA on Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten (PDF). Washington, DC.
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (2003). Every Child, Every School: Success from the Start (PDF). Special Report. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Peske, Heather G. & Haycock, Kati (2006). Teaching Inequality: How Poor and Minority Students Are Shortchanged on Teacher Quality (PDF). The Education Trust, Washington DC.
Pre-K Now (2006). Votes Count: Legislative Action on Pre-K Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF). Pre-K Now, Washington DC.
Schweinhart, Lawrence J. (2005). The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40 (PDF). High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Michigan.
Word, Elizabeth, et.al. (1990). The State of Tennessee's Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project – The Final Report (PDF). Tennessee.
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