Public Education as a Business; Real Costs and Accountability
Publisher: ScarecrowEducation
Published: July 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780810847194
Subjects: Business & Management; Funding of education; Schools; Education; Education / Teaching; USA; Economic Conditions; Finance; Education / Finance; Administration - General; Administration - School Plant Management; Economic aspects; Education and state; Public schools; United States
Description: Publisher's description: This book brings to light fascinating details about the real cost of public education--one of America's biggest industries. It demonstrates that government statistics on the costs of public education substantially understate the actual costs to taxpayers. The phasing in of new and more accurate reporting requirements by 2006 will help in determining the real cost of public education. Controversy over the new reporting requirements will generate a high level of interest among policymakers, school board members, school administrators, professors of education, the media, and others interested in education.