Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance
Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-02-12

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0309173957

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Spending on K-12 education across the United States and across local school districts has long been characterized by great disparitiesâ€"disparities that reflect differences in property wealth and tax rates. For more than a quarter-century, reformers have attempted to reduce these differences through court challenges and legislative action. As part of a broad study of education finance, the committee commissioned eight papers examining the history and consequences of school finance reform undertaken in the name of equity and adequacy. This thought-provoking, timely collection of papers explores such topics as: What do the terms "equity" and "adequacy" in school finance really mean? How are these terms relevant to the politics and litigation of school finance reform? What is the impact of court-ordered school finance reform on spending disparities? How do school districts use money from finance reform? What policy options are available to states facing new challenges from court decisions mandating adequacy in school finance? When measuring adequacy, how do you consider differences in student needs and regional costs?

Educational Economics
Educational Economics

Author: Marguerite Roza

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go? examines education finance from the school's vantage point, explaining how the varied funding streams can prevent schools from delivering academic services that mesh with their stated priorities. As government budgets shrink, linking expenditures to student outcomes will be imperative. Educational Economics offers concrete prescriptions for reform.

Urban Schools
Urban Schools

Author: Laura Lippman

Publisher: Department of Education Office of Educational

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Illuminates the condition of education in urban schools compared to schools in other locations. Also explores differences between students from urban schools and students in other locations on a broad spectrum of student and school characteristics. Contents: education outcomes (student achievement, educational attainment, economic outcomes); student background characteristics and afterschool activities; school experiences (school resources and staff, school programs and coursetaking, student behavior). Bibliography. Over 100 charts and tables.

Financing Urban Shelter
Financing Urban Shelter

Author: United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Publisher: Earthscan

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 184407210X

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Funding of School Education
The Funding of School Education

Author: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Publisher: Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789264276130

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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 limited financial resources with which to pursue their objectives and the design of school funding policies plays a key role in ensuring that resources are directed to where they can make the most difference. As OECD school systems have become more complex and characterised by multi-level governance, a growing set of actors are increasingly involved in financial decision-making. This requires designing funding allocation models that are aligned to a school system's governance structures, linking budget planning procedures at different levels to shared educational goals and evaluating the use of school funding to hold decision makers accountable and ensure that resources are used effectively and equitably. This report was co-funded by the European Commission. .

Politics, Markets, and America's Schools
Politics, Markets, and America's Schools

Author: John E. Chubb

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0815717261

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During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem. The fundamental causes of poor academic performance, they claim, are not to be found in the schools, but rather in the institutions of direct democratic control by which the schools have traditionally been governed. Reformers fail to solve the problem-when the institutions ARE the problem. The authors recommend a new system of public education, built around parent-student choice and school competition, that would promote school autonomy—thus providing a firm foundation for genuine school improvement and superior student achievement.