School Finance: A Policy Perspective
- ISBN-10
- 0078110289
- ISBN-13
- 9780078110283
- Series
- School Finance
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-03-25
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education
- Authors
- Allan Odden, Lawrence Picus
Description
This text is the preeminent text in the school finance course. With newly organized and updated features, data, and cases, this text presents a clear, comprehensible discussion of how recent research in school finance, resource allocation and use for higher performance, and site-based management may impact the funding of our nation’s schools. Material in this fifth edition is designed to be fully accessible for students at both the masters and doctoral levels.
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