Financing schools for high performance
Subtitle: strategies for improving the use of educational resources
By: Allan Odden and Carolyn Busch.
Contributors: Busch, Carolyn, 1962-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Education -- United States -- Finance.; Education -- England -- Finance -- Case studies.; Education -- Australia -- Victoria -- Finance -- Case studies.; School-based management -- United States.; School-based management -- England -- Case studies.; School-based management -- Australia -- Victoria -- Case studies.; Educational change -- United States.
Description: This resource provides a roadmap for redirecting school funds in ways that will dramatically improve student performance. Lead author Allan Odden - one of the nation's foremost scholars in school finance - offers a vision of finance reform that will give local schools more control over their budgets and ultimately boost student performance.

Allan Odden and Carolyn Busch look at the inefficiencies in current education spending, examine varied approaches to school-based financing, and offer recommendations for restructuring financing systems to meet ambitious reform goals. In addition, they propose ways to make funding more equitable across districts, outline the various elements that make school-based management work, and describe the key roles and responsibilities for the district even in a decentralized system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269) and index.