The purpose of this study is to discuss Twain's role as a critic of the educational system of his day and to explore his views concerning the purposes, methodology, and value of formal education below the college level.

Thesis advisor: Pierre D. Lambert / Initially the British administration in Palestine assumed responsibility only for Arab public schooLs. A dual school system evolved when the government designated as public, Zionist schools hitherto considered private. This change brought increased government subvention and supervision, but on a more limited scale than that of Arab schools functioning completely under the government's authority. The Hebrew system was nearly autonomous. This study uses the methodology of historical research to investigate the development of public education from 1920 to 1946 and seeks to gain an understanding of each school system rather than explicitly to probe for comparisons between the two. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 1981. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Education.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

Within the past few decades, issues of public funding for religious schools in Ontario have re-entered the policy debate and have led to discussion about the different ways in which schools could be organized in this province. Through the integration of literature available on the varying ways in which to administer a public education system along with a contextual backdrop to religion and education in Ontario, this paper will propose a policy by which to accommodate requests of various religious groups for separate schools while at the same time increasing overall accountability within Ontario's schools, public and private. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW)

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1980.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1980. / Also available in print.

This thesis consists of three essays on the economics of education and migration. The first essay analyzes the effects of remittances on public education spending in migrants’ source countries. The second essay studies the impact of migration on public education expenditures in migrants’ destination countries. The third essay investigates the effects of public education expenditures on subsequent human capital inequality.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM: A. To examine the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and other jurisdictions concerning education through the wording of the statutes and through a study of any factors of common law and/or appellate court decisions which might have an effect upon the interpretation of the statute and/or common law in Massachusetts. B. To synthesize these statutory and/or common law rights or duties, illustrated by court decisions, into a work which will assist school committees and their employees to make on-the-job decisions concerning matters which arise in the course of their daily work and which carry such immediate urgency that they cannot be referred to a legal advisor for an opinion. [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

The primary purpose of this study is to assist with the determination of the legality of the new policy adopted by the Commonwealth of Virginia of deducting federal revenues from the Basic Aid finance formula for public education. First, this study involves a detailed review of the case law pertaining to the non-supplant issue with targeted federal funds. Second, a brief description of the funding models of the time utilized by the states involved in such litigation are provided in order to determine similarities and differences to various state funding systems, including the venerable foundation model utilized by Virginia. The study provides a historical analysis of the legislation involved in the federal support of public education and the introduction of the non-supplant issue into the language of the federal legislation. Historical documents including Constitutional acts and amendments, statutes, and publications of early education scholars are reviewed. In order to understand the subtlety of the non-supplant issue, the structures of the state systems of school finance that have had the issue of non-supplant litigated are described in some detail. The review of law includes cases retrieved from both Westlaw and Lexis Nexis databases and those cases cross-referenced with landmark decisions. The research in this document will provide comparisons between the case law and the current problem in the Commonwealth. Insight into the legal ramifications of the non-supplant issue and the potential implications that deducting federal revenues from the Basic Aid formula may present will be provided. The consequences for failure to adhere to federal policy regarding the state funding of public education are portrayed in the case law decisions. Further, this research will provide an opinion as to whether the current policy of deducting federal revenues from the Basic Aid formula utilized in Virginia will withstand a legal challenge under the non-supplant language imbedded in federal education grants-in-aid. / Ed. D.

The problem of this study is to educe and examine philosophical ideas embedded in major models of teacher evaluation. This study is qualitative, involving the presentation and analysis of ideas which affect educational practice.