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Financing Education in a Climate of Change
ISBN: 9780205511792 | 0205511791
Edition: 10thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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<>This classic text on school finance contains the most comprehensive and current information that affects school finance, including historical, economic, technological/mathematical, and legal points of view.This book is both scholarly and engaging, and is practical, easy-to-read and comprehend; appealing to a diverse audience of students, educational leaders, parents, and legislators. School finance is an evolving topic and this text, now in its Tenth Edition, continues to cover all current trends to provide readers with a firm knowledge of ed... MORE
| Preface | |
| The Economics of Education | |
| Education as Human Capital | |
| Creation of Wealth and Education | |
| Education: An Important Industry | |
| A Public Sector Responsibility | |
| Stimulates Economic Growth | |
| Economic Benefits of Education | |
| Noneconomic Benefits of Education | |
| Taxation and Education | |
| C... MORE | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Financing Education Adequately | |
| Societal Impact on Education Needs | |
| Education Deserves Higher Priority | |
| The Increasing Costs of Education | |
| Goals Have Increased | |
| People Want Better Education | |
| Demographic and Social Changes | |
| The Consequences of Not Educating People | |
| Society Suffers the Effects of Poor Education | |
| The Public Demands Improvement | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Financing Education Equitably | |
| Inequalities in Financing Education | |
| Equity: An Objective of School Finance Reform | |
| Equity at the School Level | |
| Measures of School District Wealth | |
| Historical Influences on Equity | |
| The Equalization Principle | |
| Improving State Equalization Practices | |
| Foundation Program Variations | |
| The Impact of Average Daily Attendance on Equity | |
| Confusion in Current School Finance Practices | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Patterns for School Finance Systems | |
| Developing Patterns | |
| Full State Funding | |
| District Power Equalization | |
| Property Reassessment and Local District Revenues | |
| Equalization of ServicesEmphasis on Weighting Factors | |
| Principal Types of Weightings | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Sources of Revenue | |
| The Taxation System | |
| Characteristics of a Good Tax System | |
| Criteria for Evaluating Tax Structure | |
| Taxes for Education | |
| Property Tax | |
| Income Tax | |
| Sales Tax | |
| Sumptuary Tax | |
| Severance Tax | |
| Potential New Taxes | |
| Lotteries | |
| Private Foundations | |
| School-Business Partnerships | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Eroding Local Control | |
| Diminishing Local Control | |
| Decreasing Rural Influence on Education | |
| Decreasing Urban Economic Advantages | |
| School Districts: Basic Administrative Units | |
| The Administration of Local School Districts | |
| Local Fiscal Control | |
| Advantages of Local Control | |
| Fiscal Independence of School Districts | |
| Trends in Local Taxation Practices | |
| Measures of Local Taxpaying Ability | |
| Local, State, and Federal Tax Responsibility | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Education: A State Function | |
| Early Development of State Responsibility | |
| Development of School Finance Policies | |
| Developmental Stages of School Finance Theory | |
| The Varying State Roles | |
| State Financial Support | |
| State Ability to Support Education | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| Federal Interest in Education | |
| Federalism | |
| Historical Role of the Federal Government | |
| Department of Education | |
| Constitutional Role | |
| Federal Expenditures | |
| Federal Fiscal Advantages and Disadvantages | |
| Federal Aid in Lieu of Taxes | |
| Increased Governmental Services | |
| The Future of Federal Aid to Education | |
| Summary | |
| Assignment Projects | |
| Selected Readings | |
| Endnotes | |
| The Influence and Climate of the C | |
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