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American public school finance / William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Owings, William A., 1952- author.
- Kaplan, Leslie S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Education--United States--Finance.
- Education.
- Finance.
- Public schools--United States--Finance.
- Public schools.
- Public schools--Finance.
- Education--Finance.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Third Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1 Misconceptions about School Finance p. 1
- 2 History of School Finance in the United States p. 32
- 3 Legal Framework for Financing Public Education p. 52
- 4 Education as an Investment in Human Capital p. 81
- 5 Taxation Issues p. 104
- 6 Fiscal Capacity and Fiscal Effort p. 131
- 7 Equity, Adequacy, and Efficiency p. 161
- 8 Structure of School Finance Systems p. 189
- 9 Demographics and School Finance p. 205
- 10 Budgeting: Applying Policy Values p. 244
- 11 Spending and Student Achievement p. 269
- 12 Critical and Emerging School Finance Issues p. 295.
- Notes:
- "First edition published by Wadsworth Publishing 2005"--T.p. verso.
- "Second edition published by Cengage Learning 2013"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Brigode Family Endowment.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781138499942
- 1138499943
- 9781138499966
- 113849996X
- OCLC:
- 1089841889
- Publisher Number:
- 99984104955
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