Financing Education in a Climate of Change

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This classic resource on school finance contains the most comprehensive and current information that effects school finance, including historical, economic, technological/mathematical, and legal points of view. The writing in this book is both scholarly and engaging, appealing to a diverse audience of students, educational leaders, parents, and legislators. Gives readers a broad overview of school finance in a clear, comprehensive, readable manner. School finance is an ever-changing topic and this book, now in its Ninth Edition, continues to cover all current trends to provide readers with a firm grounding in educational finance issues that administrators need to understand. In-service and pre-service teachers, administrators, legislators and parents.

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This classic school finance text is both scholarly and engaging, appealing to a diverse audience of students, educational leaders, parents, and legislators. School finance is an ever-changing topic and this text, now in its Ninth Edition, continues to cover all current trends to provide readers with a firm grounding in educational finance issues that administrators at all levels need to know. It serves as an excellent reference for both practitioners and the academics. Hallmark Features: Provides professors and students with a broad overview of school finance in a clear, comprehensive, readable manner. Covers equity for students as well as taxpayers in order to provide a complete perspective for readers. Recognizes the importance of identifying future patterns of school finance in the 21st Century. Covers issues such as lotteries, vouchers, school choice, lack of facilities and contains updated tables, charts, and coverage of the most recent court cases influencing state finance and church/state matters, keeping the text on the cutting-edge. To learn more about WHAT'S NEW TO THIS EDITION, see the inside front cover! Students, study smarter—not harder—with these grade-boosting supplements from Allyn & Bacon! Instructors, give your students the extraordinary benefits of these study aids by ordering them packaged with this Allyn & Bacon text. Contact your Allyn & Bacon representative for ordering information. Research Navigator™ Research Navigator™ can be your best friend when you're facing a large research project. Especially helpful with the toughest challenge—getting started—Research Navigator™ offers a comprehensive, step-by-step walk-through of the research process, along with access to some of the most respected source databases available. Access to Research Navigator™—a $15 value—is FREE when packaged with a new Allyn & Bacon textbook! If your text did not come packaged with Research Navigator™, look for it in your bookstore or visit http://www.ablongman.com/researchnavigator today to purchase immediate access.


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A text for a beginning course in school finance, with an emphasis on the principle of equalization of educational opportunity. Contains chapters on economics of education, sources of revenue, federal interest in education, public funds and nonpublic schools, accounting and auditing, and human resources. Includes chapter summaries and projects. This seventh edition is updated with current court cases and legislative mandates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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