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Educational inequality and school finance : why money matters for America's students /

In Educational Inequality and School Finance, Bruce Baker, a scholar of education finance and the economics of education, offers a comprehensive examination of how U.S. public schools receive and spend money.--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Bruce D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Education > United States > Finance.
Education > United States > States > Finance.
Public schools > United States > Finance.
Education > Economic aspects > United States.
Education and state > United States > Finance.
Education and state > Finance.
Education > Economic aspects.
Education > Finance.
Education > U.S. states > Finance.
Public schools > Finance.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Why money matters
  • School finance 101?
  • Money myths and misdirections
  • How schools use money
  • School finance reforms and results
  • State funding formulas and district disparities
  • The erosion of equity and adequacy
  • Evaluating education innovations
  • Applying high-quality cost analysis to school finance policy
  • Equitable, adequate, and sustainable school funding.