Public school finance
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Public school finance
Allyn and Bacon, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
*Designed for courses in School Finance, Public School Finance, and Economics of Education. *"Building-block" approach to understanding the financing of public schools in the US. *Up-to-date analysis of the historical and current economic health of public schools is presented and coupled with an identification of its problems and challenges.
Table of Contents
I. The Nature of the Public School System.
II. Legal Aspects of Educational Finance.
III. Education as an Investment in Human Capital.
IV. Trends in Demand and Support for the Public Schools.
V. Taxation for Public Schools.
VI. Tax Revenues and Fairness of Burden.
VII. Inequality in Educational Opportunity.
VIII. Fiscal Capacity and Effort to Support Public Schools.
IX. Structure of State Systems of School Finance.
X. The Measurement of Equity.
XI. The Politics of School Finance.
XII. The Federal Role in Financing Education.
XIII. Personnel Policies and Teachers Salaries.
XIV. Financing Capital Outlay.
XV. Management of Resources.
XVI. Education Production Functions and Whether Money Matters.
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