Several CRPE researchers are presenting at the 2013 annual conference of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco.
Larry Miller
Larry Miller
Senior Research Fellow
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Larry Miller is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE). He leads CRPE’s school finance initiatives, including projects analyzing the cost of blended learning schools and an initiative to understand how we can finance schools in support of innovation. Dr. Miller has conducted research on weighted student funding in Houston, portfolio management in Newark, New Jersey, and early childhood accountability policies across the U.S., in addition to research on municipal budgeting systems. He has written widely on education finance issues, including journal articles, research reports, and policy briefs. His research has appeared in Public Budgeting and Finance, Municipal Finance Journal, Educational Policy and Developments in Education Finance. Prior to working at CRPE, he was an assistant professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University. Larry started his research career at CRPE in 2002, leaving to pursue his PhD in 2005.
Dr. Miller holds a PhD in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University with specializations in public budgeting, finance, and social policy. In 2009 the Association of Education Finance and Policy awarded his dissertation proposal with the New Scholar Award. His dissertation won the 2010 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. His BS and MBA were earned from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he was also a scholar athlete on the football team.
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Executive Summary - Getting Down to Dollars and Cents: What Do School Districts Spend to Deliver Student-Centered Learning?
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Date: Nov 15 2012
Where: Online
In this webinar, the authors shared findings and policy recommendations from their research on student-centered learning.
Nov 15 2012
A new study of the financial implications for public schools embracing student-centered learning models reveals that districts don’t need to spend more on these schools if they fund all schools fairly, and then allow schools to make choices about how they use their resources.