Federal block grants to education

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Federal block grants to education

edited by Elchanan Cohn

Pergamon Press, 1986

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"First published in 1985 as a special issue of the journal Economics of education review volume 4, number 3 and supplied to subscribers as part of their normal subscription."

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first book to bring together a collection of essays on the background, implementation and theory of federal block grants to education. The focus is on Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (USA), and its implementation during the academic years 1982-83 and 1983-84 in eight states. The case studies reported herein are based on an in-depth examination of Chapter 2 implementation, sponsored by the US department of education. Among the issues considered by the authors are the financial impacts of Chapter 2, along with effect on curriculum choice, purchase and use of computers, and federal-state regulation. The book concludes with pro-con position papers on the desirability of block grants to education vs. categorical grants.

Table of Contents

(partial) Introduction: Educational block grants: introduction to the debate, S C Wedeman et al. Implementation in the States: Implementation of federal ECIA block grants to education in Colorado, J Rose. The distribution and educational consequences of Chapter 2 block grants in Pennsylvania, P J Kuriloff. Implementation of federal Chapter 2 block grants to education in South Carolina, E Cohn. Implementation of Chapter 2 in Tennessee, J Eyler. Implementation of Chapter 2 in Washington State, R F Elmore. Block Grants to Education: Pro and Con: On subsidizing education with block grants, A Melck. Are block grants the answer to the federal role in education? H M Levin.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA01399623
  • ISBN
    • 0080326919
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 163-277 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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