Public School Finance
*HE05, Public School Finance in the United States, Kern Alexander, Richard G. Salmon(Both of Virginia Tech), H6631-9, 416 pp., 6 x 9, 0-205-16631-8, casebound, 1995, $41.25nk, January*/This book is designed as a "building-block approach to understanding the financing of public schools in the U.S.  The philosophical and historical basis for financing public schools is presented and integrated with the economic rationale for public investment in education.