Group Six Presentation: Governance and Finance

Andrew, Kirsten, and myself presented our presentation on Chapter 9 : Governance and Finance: Regulating and Funding Schools. Andrew covered the topic of how schools are funded and where all the money comes from in a school district. I covered a new concept of school reform called Mayoral Takeovers. Mayors actually take over in the running of the school district.  This has been happening in big cities across the United States and it started as a reform effort for struggling urban schools. Kirsten covered the pros and cons of alternative schools such as charter schools, home schooling, KIPP, and vouchers systems. This was a complicated topic to discuss but I thought we did a good job covering the material.