The Political Economy of Urban Schools / Martin T. Katzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katzman, Martin T., author.

Series:

Publication of the Joint Center for Urban Studies.

Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 235 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Political Economy of Urban Schools".

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

TABLES AND FIGURES

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2. EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY

Chapter 3. PRODUCTION IN BOSTON'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Chapter 4. EFFICIENCY AND THE COSTS OF EDUCATIONAL QUALITY

Chapter 5. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

Chapter 6. RESTRUCTURING BIG CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS

Chapter 7. THE BURDENS ON BIG CITY SCHOOLS

APPENDIXES, NOTES, AND INDEX

APPENDIX A. MISCELLANEOUS DATA PROBLEMS

APPENDIX B. THE USE OF MENTAL TEST SCORES IN REGRESSION ANALYSIS

APPENDIX C. SPECIFYING AN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTION FUNCTION

NOTES

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Based on doctoral dissertation, Distribution and Production in a big city school system, Yale Univ., 1966.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

0-674-49705-8

OCLC:

1024048563