Capping cost
Subtitle: putting a price tag on school reform
By: Gerard Giordano
Publisher: R&L Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781610484442; 9781610484459; 9781610484466
Subjects: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; Finance; EDUCATION / Finance; Education and state; Education; EDUCATION / Administration / School Plant Management; Educational change; Government aid to education; School improvement programs
Description: "Early and recent school reformers demanded greater funding. They insisted that they needed it to protect children, the economy, and the nation. This book uses the case method to analyze the budgets that they proposed, the rhetoric that they employed, and the resistance that they encountered"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Preface: How Much Does Education Cost? Chapter 2 Acknowledgement Chapter 3 Introduction: Are Zombies Stalking Schools? Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Do Razors Belong at School? Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Can School Reform Be Marketed? Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Should Schools Buy E-textbooks? Chapter 7 Chapter 4: How Much Should Teachers Be Paid? Chapter 8 Chapter 5: What Can Be Done With Negligible Funds? Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Should Educators Worry About Diminishing Returns? Chapter 10 Chapter 7: What Drives Innovators? Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Should Schools Change Their Labor Practices? Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Can Redundant Spending Be Worthwhile? Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Is Educational Lobbying Amoral? Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Do Teachers Need Special Protection?.