Making Money Matter
Subtitle: Financing America's Schools
Contributors: National Research Council (Corporate Author); Nat'L Research Council (Editor); Helen F. Ladd (Editor); Janet S. Gabsen (Editor); Janet S. Hansen (Editor)
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780309065283
Subjects: Funding of education; Government Support And Control Of Education; Education / Teaching; Economics Of Education; Funding; Education; USA; Educational equalization; Finance; United States; Educational productivity
Description: "This book contains a comprehensive review of the theory and practice of financing public schools by federal, state, and local governments in the United States. It distills the best available knowledge about the fairness and productivity of expenditures on education and assesses options for changing the finance system."--BOOK JACKET.