Sponsored by the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), the second edition of this groundbreaking handbook assembles in one place the existing research-based knowledge in education finance and policy, with particular attention ...
This book examines the fundamental role of politics in funding our public schools and fills a conceptual imbalance in the current literature in school finance and educational policy. Unlike those...
" --Helen F. Ladd, Susan B. King Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Economics, Sanford School, Duke University "This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about public education.
Completely updated, 60% revised, this is a clear, concise discussion of how recent research in school finance, resource allocation and use for higher performance, site-based management of schools, and teacher...
Ironically, even though contemporary education finance issues are more complex than their 19th century predecessors, there is much about them that has a familiar ring. Much of modern education finance policy is rooted in questions that ...
In an interesting and convincing statistical analysis, McMahon defines and mea- sures the most obvious and important nonmarket benefits of education among which are political stability, overpopulation, climate change, poverty, ...
This report on the funding of school education constitutes the first in a series of thematic comparative reports bringing together findings from the OECD School Resources Review. School systems have...
This text is the preeminent text in the school finance course.
Bruce Baker unlocks this mystery in this engrossing book that describes the state's unique constitutional structure, and the politics and the personalities--often women in key positions--that brought this to fruition.
" --Helen F. Ladd, Susan B. King Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Economics, Sanford School, Duke University "This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about public education.