Chapter 6: Funding Extra-Help Strategies
Odden describes several "extra-help" strategies that he believes are important to improving student performance. Among the strategies he lists are individual and small-group tutoring for struggling students, extended time for students who are struggling with the core curriculum and summer school.

Question: Which of these strategies do you feel are most beneficial for improving student learning?

Chapter 7: Linking School Finance Adequacy to Doubling Performance
Odden states (p. 147): "As the cases profiled in this book show, dramatic improvements in student achievement are possible. Often, they can be funded, at least in part, by reallocating resources away from less-effective strategies toward those that research has shown to be effective in schools. However, as this chapter has detailed, more resources might be needed, especially in states with low per-pupil spending ..."

Question: Does Iowa's Foundation Formula provide adequate and equitable funding to improve student performance?