Annotated Bibliography

Hill, Michael. High School Sports Schedules Shaved to Save Money. ASCA Newsletter 2009.8 (2009): 7-8. SPORTDiscus. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. Hills article puts into perspective the effect of Americans recession and how it put a damper on high school sports. In New York a slimmer sports schedule is the new way to cut spending in public schools. Instead of a football schedule being a 24-game season they would cut it to 20, and have other sports experience the same cutbacks.

Hills article argues both sides of the situation. On one hand if some schools applied incremental cuts to all programs that would save sports with fewer participants like gymnastics and bowling from the budget knife. But in some states such as Mississippi they voted to cut all schedules by 10 percent, except for the beloved moneymaker, football. Should a group of administrators, who the schedule would have no effect on, have a say in what program is to stay or not? Hill made a valid point when he expressed the fact that no matter what change was going to be made. It was up to someone to decide to wipe out the whole entire athletic program or apply some cuts here and there.

This work seems to be worthwhile in my inquiry on how money affects a school system because I can evaluate the other outside forces that may affect the education system. Its not just about what happens in the

classroom but about an experience of social interactions and activities as well. The recession sure seems to be a highly effective attribute. Whether or not the programs may be cut is one thing but the thought of even having to cut them, or even just the athletic program raises a huge question to me.

Platt, Wes. State of Our Schools: Durham schools moving in right direction, leaders say. Herald-Sun 24 Jan. 2013: 4-5. NewsBank. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. This article discusses he great achievements in Durhams school system that has shown a remarkable change in the progress of their students. Two strategic goals are tied at 93 percent complete: academic acceleration and talent development. While the rest arent to far behind leaders say they have completed 96 of 120 goals.

Platt argues that the progress all started from the bottom to get to where they are now. In Durham North Carolina, teachers are teaming up with parents to get them more involved with their childs schoolwork. Many of the students come from under privileged background many of which are single parent homes.

I really love this source because it reminds me on Mike Roses story. But in this case it took more than just money for these students to be where

they are now it took a village. Platts article serves as a great source for my inquiry because it shows kids from a less fortunate families doing well and succeeding in the mist of their struggles.

Reckhow, Sarah. Follow the Money: How Foundation Dollars Change Public School Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Print. Reckhows book offers a vast amount of information from President Bushs No Child Left Behind to Bill Gates being the most influential person in the American education policy. She has her own personal data she has collected from different surveys on teachers, to parents, to school board officials. I like the way she lays things out in sort of a here is the problem and the ways to improve/fix it now lets reform.

Sarah Reckhows book brings overdue attention to the impact of philanthropy on education policy. In this book she explains how major donors are influencing school reform. She breaks down the biased to the unbiased, even the Republican versus Democratic views. What

distinguishes Follow the Money is that it is based off of important theories within political science to employing novel tactics, and offers reasonable and modulated conclusions.

This work seems to be highly worthwhile in my inquiry because it is aligning with critics while not being shrill nor calcified. Also the facts that

make up this book are very concrete and up-to-date, which is beneficial into today society because a lot has changed in the past 30 years.

Wilder, Mike. School System Set to Spend on Technology and Buildings. Times-News 2011.10 (2009): 6-7. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. This article explains the many ways that a North Carolina school in Burlington plans to spend some of their Federal Budget for technology and building improvements. It involves spending $3 million on technology and $1 million on building needs. The expense will increase student access to computer and other technology such as smart interactive boards. Wilder goes on to explain that it is a school systems goal as well as a focus of the states federal race to the top money.

Wilders main argument in this article is the deficiency at the middle and high school level in the technology area. He believes that if teachers had the necessary tools to teach their student then the students will have more of advantage to learn than before. I strongly agree with this because the day in age that we all live in now is very technology based. Many of the homework assignments given out in the high school and college level require a high level of technology.

This article will help me with my paper because it shows the different ways

that money is given to schools an how they spend it. It was also very informative and interesting to see from a school board standpoint of how to take care of a problem in the school system. I will use this source to show ways that administrations choose to spend money.

Wise Arthur, E. Rich Schools Poor Schools The Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. Print. Wises book offers excellent advice on the structure and financing of public education. He also discusses many cost-effective ways to allocate resources. Wise asked many questions pertaining to the theory of poor kids in rich schools. He argues whether mixing of students from very different social backgrounds could affect civil and social preferences and aspirations. This book is great for my inquiry because not only does it show the ways of student from different ethnic and status backgrounds but also ways that they can learn better and more effectively.